Posted Friday, September 26, 2025 at 10:59pm
Subaru has a strong history with turbines. Okay, so they didn’t make turbines directly, but its parent company, Subaru Corporation (formerly Fuji Heavy Industries), manufactures aviation vehicles both on its own and under license. Present-day Subaru Corporation is also a development and manufacturing partner to both Boeing and Lockheed Martin.
But what does aviation have to do with today’s article? Well, that’s because our friends from CarBuzz have recently discovered that Subaru has a patent filing for a turbine engine being used in extended-range electric vehicles (EREVs). Also known as range-extended electric vehicles (REEVs), these vehicles are another type of plug-in hybrid. Today’s patent discovery gives the world yet another application of what kind of engine can power an REEV, and what are the chances that Subaru will indeed push through with the technology?
