Subaru’s first electrical automotive (EV) will most likely be an SUV, the 2023 Solterra. It ought to go on sale within the midst of 2022 as a 2023 model.
That’s nearly all anyone outdoor of Subaru is conscious of regarding the Solterra. The company merely launched the date, along with some cleverly disguised photos revealing a variety of elements of the auto.
It shares a platform with Toyota’s upcoming bZ4x electric SUV, which solely tells us a little bit of. Toyota has saved the bZ4x’s specs under wraps as properly. We anticipate the Solterra to begin out at spherical $45,000, nevertheless Subaru has given no hint about pricing.
Subaru ensures that the Solterra is “essentially the most technologically superior Subaru ever” and choices “legendary Subaru Symmetrical All-Wheel-Drive and loads of floor clearance.”
We suspect that the Symmetrical All-Wheel-Drive they talk to shouldn’t be the similar system found on gas-powered Subarus. Engineers can merely assemble an AWD EV by attaching {an electrical} motor to each axle so that every one 4 wheels have vitality, which seems like a mechanically simpler technique than adapting the prevailing Symmetrical AWD system to work with {an electrical} motor.
We’ll carry further on the Solterra as rapidly as Subaru has further to say. Within the meantime, take pleasure in fascinated by the work that went into obscuring the profile for this shot:
