Hi
I understand that they only did the RAV4 EV 5 doors in White or Silver, apparently Tom Hanks had one repainted in a dark blue or dark green, everything except the firewall/bulkhead because the electric motor would have had to be removed to paint that!
It appears to be very close to UK spec RAV4.1, i.e. the 1998 to 2000 model, the 5 door RAV4 EVs were made from 1998 to 2003 using that shape.
It has dual circuit ABS, Air Con etc the only additions required for UK MOT were a rear fog light, wiring & switch.
The only omissions I can find from the UK RAV4 top of the range VX spec (I have an Automatic Petrol RAV4 VX 1998) are No Sunroof, the Door Mirrors are not heated, there is no rear power accessory plug in the boot (no room for it in the standard position), and the steering column does not adjust the 1" up or down.
However it does have a unique electric heated Front Windscreen using a sandwiched metal film with an automatic timer, there are no wires visible as there are on Ford cars with heated windscreens (Amazingly this does not stop the signal for my portable Sat Nav).
It also has Low/High heated front seats backrest & squab with automatic temperature control.
As I say it does have A/C, and a heat pump heating system and integrated automatic control of the A/C when demisting and automatic control of the fan speed even though it is not climate control.
You can set the car to charge on its own timer and it will pre warm or chill the car if you set it to. It has a standard Yazaki charging port, but unique to the Japanese versions it has a fast Charge DC voltage port but not a lot is known about this and I don't have a connector for it.
regards
Rich
Wow; that's really tidy! I've only ever seen white ones; the silver really looks good.
How close to UK regs is it? Dual circuit brakes? I imported a Cappucino that had single circuit brakes, mind you, it only weighted 700Kg so you could put your foot out if they failed.
And how much fun did you have with the insurance?
