Shocker: It’s electrical.
OJAI, Calif.—After dwindling gross sales and discontinuing the bottom trim stage, the Toyota Highlander returns as an all-new car for 2027, and, spoiler alert, it’s electrical solely. That is the fourth all-electric car within the Toyota lineup, and the automaker’s first three-row EV. We obtained a sneak peek on the 2027 Toyota Highlander, and listed here are the 5 massive issues to learn about it.
2027 Toyota Highlander revealed: 5 issues to know
It’ll stand up to 320 miles of vary
As a result of it’s an EV, the most important factor to know in regards to the 2027 Toyota Highlander is vary. Toyota estimates the top-tier fashions will stand up to 320 miles of vary with a 96-kWh battery pack and all-wheel drive. There’s a base 77-kWh battery pack that can ship a Toyota-estimated 287 or 270 miles of electrical vary, relying on in case you go for front- or all-wheel drive, respectively.
Although we don’t have an estimate of how lengthy it’ll take the brand new Highlander EV to cost, we do know that it’ll come normal with a North American Charging Customary port (NACS) which implies it’ll have entry to the Tesla Supercharger community.
AWD fashions ship 338 horsepower
The 2027 Toyota Highlander will come normal with front-wheel drive, and people fashions will ship 221 horsepower and 198 pound-feet of torque. AWD fashions, nonetheless, will ship as much as 338 horsepower and 323 pound-feet of torque.
The Highlander EV will come outfitted with paddle “shifters,” however this isn’t truly for shifting. As an alternative, the paddles will assist set the quantity of regenerative braking that’s delivered once you raise your foot off the accelerator pedal. There’s presently no phrase on whether or not one-pedal driving shall be accessible.
There are solely two trim ranges: XLE and Restricted
For the 2027 mannequin yr, the Highlander EV adopts a two-trim technique: a well-equipped XLE and a greater outfitted Restricted. The XLE shall be accessible with each front-drive and AWD, and it’ll even be optioned with each battery packs, It’ll embody options reminiscent of entrance acoustic glass, a 14-inch infotainment display, a 12.3-inch digital instrument cluster, ambient lighting, heated entrance seats and steering wheel, leatherette seats, and Toyota’s Security Sense 4.0.
The up-level Restricted trim will solely be accessible in AWD and with the larger battery pack. It’ll additionally add options reminiscent of a head-up show, ventilated entrance seats, heated 2nd-row seats, rear sunglasses, Toyota’s low-speed hands-free Site visitors Jam Help, a 360-degree digital camera, and entrance cross-traffic alert.
The 2027 Toyota Highlander will seat as much as seven
In evaluating the accessible specs for the 2027 Toyota Highlander to the present gasoline mannequin, we see that the Highlander EV shall be about 4 inches longer and a pair of inches wider. Cargo area behind the threerd-row stays basically the identical, and cargo area with the threerd-row folded flat shrinks by about 3 cubic toes, totaling 46 cubic toes.
The usual seating configuration shall be as a 6-passenger car, however the XLE AWD mannequin (and solely this mannequin) will include a bench seat possibility, making a 7-seat configuration potential. This implies the threerd-row will solely have two seats.
Nonetheless made within the U.S.
A number of the finest information in regards to the 2027 Toyota Highlander is that it’ll nonetheless be made in America. The present Highlander is in-built Princeton, Indiana, however the next-gen mannequin strikes to Toyota’s manufacturing facility in Georgetown, Kentucky. Moreover, the batteries for this EV shall be sourced from Toyota’s newly opened battery meeting plant in Liberty, North Carolina.
CG Says:
That is an attention-grabbing time to launch a brand new three-row EV within the U.S., However Toyota performs the lengthy sport, and you recognize this has been on the agenda for a number of years. Apart from, it appears to be like good, has practical inside area, has first rate vary, and is filled with tech. Whereas it won’t make an amazing road-trip car, it’ll 100% make a wonderful carpool hauler or errand runner.
We simply hope it received’t be loopy costly. Pricing has not been introduced but, however for reference, its nearest rivals, the Kia EV9 and Hyundai Ioniq 9, begin at $56,400 and $58,955, respectively. Due to this fact, we anticipate the Highlander EV will fall on this vary.
The 2027 Toyota Highlander is anticipated to go on sale by the top of 2026.
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