Toyota Goes All-Hybrid With Its Best-Selling US Vehicle (1)

Toyota Motor Corp. is scrapping the gas-only version of its best-selling vehicle in the US as the Japanese carmaker doubles down on its push into hybrids.

The latest generation of the RAV4 compact crossover available later this year comes equipped with a standard hybrid or plug-in powertrain, dropping the gas engine option that makes up the bulk of current sales, the company said Tuesday. The move follows last year’s shiftto an all-hybrid Camry sedan.

Toyota’s RAV4 during an unveiling event in Tokyo on May 21.

Photographer: Akio Kon/Bloomberg

“The success overall that we’ve had with selling hybrids gave us complete confidence we could do it with this car too,” Mark Templin, ...