Posted Wednesday, September 25, 2024 at 9:33pm
While global giants like General Motors and the Volkswagen Group are splashing around the deep end of the pool with a slew of electric offerings, smaller, independent Subaru is standing on the edge, warily dipping its toe into the murky waters. Subaru is reportedly developing several new EVs for launch before the end of the decade, but until then the Japanese company is testing the market with the Solterra, first introduced for 2023. Jointly developed with Toyota—which owns a 20 percent stake in Subaru—alongside the nearly identical bZ4X, the Solterra boasts greater all-terrain abilities than most of its peers and is comfortable in daily driving but falls behind the electric compact-SUV competition with its mediocre range and middling performance.
