It took Toyota quite some time to get its first electric vehicle (EV), the confusingly named bZ4X , to market here, which perhaps makes it surprising that the follow-up from the Japanese giant is so hot on the first car's heels.

But the new Toyota C-HR+ small SUV looks like a highly promising package. Physically, it's not much smaller inside or out than the bZ4X mid-size SUV, yet because it ostensibly competes in the class below – the C-segment – it should be cheaper to buy. That's despite the fact the C-HR+ has a bigger battery pack and longer range than its sibling.

To find out if Toyota has improved its EV offerings considerably with the C-HR+, we went over to Paris to drive a couple of prototype versions of the car in the countryside surrounding the French capital – and, as Toy

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