Subaru News
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The hybrid Crosstrek is likely to deliver much higher mpg with better acceleration and no sacrifice in capability.
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2025 Subaru Solterra prices cut by up to $7,000The 2025 Subaru Solterra gets a price cut, a new Onyx Edition, and up to 227 miles of range.
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2025 Subaru Forester Hybrid set to arrive in mid-2025The first Forester Hybrid, unlikely to have a charge port, is due to arrive in the U.S. sooner than Subaru had originally let on.
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Subaru Forester and Crosstrek hybrids aim for mpg, power boostThe system, subbed "Strong Hybrid" in Japan, likely won't include a charge port this time around.
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Toyota and Subaru reportedly developing another electric SUV togetherA report indicates the Toyota bZ4X and Subaru Solterra won't be the only joint-venture EV from the two automakers.
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Report: Subaru to add Crosstrek Hybrid, lean on Toyota for EVsThree of the four EVs that Subaru has confirmed as on the way by the end of 2028 might come from Toyota or via collaborations with Toyota.
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The Solterra can now charge much quicker at road-trip stops, while a driver assist system helps cut fatigue on congested freeways.
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2026 Subaru Forester Hybrid will join EVs in more electrified lineupThe Forester Hybrid is scheduled to arrive about a year after the non-hybrid version, suggesting it might be a 2026 model.
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Subaru commits to Tesla NACS charge port for future EVsThe shift to the Tesla standard will bring a CCS adapter allowing models like the Solterra to charge at Tesla Supercharger stations from 2025 on.
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Subaru accelerates EV plans, confirms Panasonic battery partnershipSubaru now plans eight EV models by 2028, and its lineup made up mostly of hybrids and EVs by 2030.
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Subaru Crosstrek Hybrid PHEV is at the end of its extension cordThe all-wheel-drive 17-mile plug-in hybrid doesn't make sense anymore, with the Solterra EV here and tougher California rules targeting far higher PHEV range.
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Subaru likely won't build EVs in the US, citing labor costsSubaru plans to make EVs a significant portion of its vehicle lineup, but it's balking at U.S. production even after the incentives of the Inflation Reduction Act.
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The Solterra is available in all 50 states and if buyers can claim the full $7,500 federal EV tax credit the base price is effectively lowered to $38,720.
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First drive review: 2023 Subaru Solterra sheds Toyota’s skin off-roadSubaru's first electric vehicle breaks from the related Toyota BZ4X once it leaves the pavement.
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Subaru performance EVs bow: Electric STI race car concept, Solterra STI prototypeSubaru aims to keep making go-fast performance cars as it shifts focus to electric—and it teases how with two new show cars.
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2023 Subaru Solterra bows: No yoke for boxer brand’s first mainstream EVSubaru's new electric SUV, the Solterra, makes its U.S. debut with promising off-road capability and no yoke (thank goodness).
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2022 Subaru Crosstrek Hybrid still goes 17 miles electric, is unique among affordable plug-in hybridsSubaru's plug-in hybrid, the Crosstrek Hybrid, offers a combination of affordability, mechanical all-wheel drive, and enough electric range for short commutes.
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Subaru electric crossover: How it could take form in 2021A joint-development venture with Toyota will result in a Forester-size EV, to be potentially shown in prototype form in 2021.
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Subaru has introduced a set of ride, handling, and trim improvements to the Crosstrek Hybrid, but its plug-in hybrid powertrain continues unchanged.
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Subaru and Toyota broaden partnership for electric cars, autonomous techToyota's expertise with hybrid and power systems and Subaru's all-wheel drive systems could form the basis of some attractive EVs.
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Subaru and Toyota plan joint electric SUVs on flexible platformA platform to be jointly developed by Toyota and Subaru will underpin several new upcoming electric SUV models from both automakers.
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Subaru Forester Hybrid teased in Japan, in sporty STI formSubaru’s STI performance skunkworks has helped enable some very fast, exciting versions of the Japanese automaker’s vehicles. And with its 2019 Crosstrek Hybrid, Subaru has shown it can engineer a full hybrid—a plug-in with a 17-miles range rating. However, the Forester STI...
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2019 Subaru Crosstrek Hybrid: First drive of 17-mile, 35-mpg plug-in crossoverTo understand the complicated path for Subaru’s first plug-in hybrid, first we needed to hike a mile in the automaker’s shoes. OK, more like 10 miles, actually—driving the 2019 Subaru Crosstrek Hybrid gingerly up a dusty, bouldered, steep trail, past signage cautioning...
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New Subaru Crosstrek plug-in hybrid coming for 2019Subaru announced Friday that its long-awaited Crosstrek Hybrid, a plug-in model, will go on sale as a 2019. Last month, Car and Driver reported that Subaru filed the trademark name Evoltis with the U.S. Patent and Trademark office, leading to speculation that the name could be applied to the...
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