Posted Monday, March 2, 2026 at 10:11pm
As soon as the Subaru Trailseeker was unveiled last April, the brand’s famously loyal but very EV-curious fans were aglow with praise on Reddit. “It looks more like an Outback than the new Outback,” one r/Subaru commenter wrote, and they weren’t entirely wrong. While the redesigned 2026 Outback grew more SUV-like, the electric Trailseeker is distinctly wagon-esque. Now it’s here, with 375 horsepower, 281 miles of range and a starting price of $39,995. It’s not perfect, and some EVs charge faster or go further, but there’s a lot to like.
In a sense, many Subaru loyalists have been waiting for a vehicle just like this. The company says more than a third of its customers would consider an EV for their next vehicle, and fans couldn’t help but notice that the Trailseeker is called the e-Outback in Europe. It is not 100% a Subaru concoction, however. Like the BRZ and GR86 sports cars, Subaru’s EVs are jointly developed with Toyota. The Trailseeker has a Toyota sibling, the bZ Woodland, just as the Solterra is a cousin to the bZ4X.
