Subaru electric crossover: How it could take form in 2021

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Subaru electric crossover: How it could take form in 2021
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STEPHEN EDELSTEIN DECEMBER 2, 2020


Subaru's much-discussed electric crossover still appears to be on track, based on comments by the automaker's CEO.

Tomomi Nakamura mentioned the EV again in a (Japanese-language) interview this Reuters last month, discussing the automaker's sales results. He said Subaru leadership is concerned about California's ban on sales of new gasoline and diesel cars by 2035.

Subaru is very dependent on the U.S. market and is aiming for 650,000 U.S. sales next year, up from about 600,000 this year—and a fully electric vehicle might potentially be part of that.

The company is aiming to go all hybrid and EV by the mid-2030s, but may need to accelerate that plan to account for the 2035 California rule.


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Subaru electric crossover rendering by TopElectricSUV.com

As depicted by the rendering embedded in this article, GCR friends at TopElectricSUV.com predict the Subaru electric crossover will be similar in execution to the Volkswagen ID.4 and Nissan Ariya, and could sport sharp-edged styling from recent Subaru concept cars.

The crossover will be co-developed with Toyota, which is expected to get its own version. The two automakers announced the joint effort in June 2019, then broadened the partnership to include autonomous-driving tech, as well as second-generation versions of the Subaru BRZ and Toyota 86 sports cars—products of a previous collaboration between the two automakers.

So far, Subaru's only plug-in vehicle for the United States is the Crosstrek Hybrid, which uses a Toyota-derived hybrid system. It gets an EPA-rated 35 mpg combined in hybrid mode and 90 MPGe combined in electric mode, with 17 miles of electric range.

A 2021 Subaru Crosstrek Hybrid hasn't been discussed alongside 2021-model-year updates for the gasoline Crosstrek, but it's likely on the way.
 

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Hybrids are not worth it as a consumer, and Toyota is still strongly anti EV. Will be too slow to market for Subaru to compete with the Mach E (at least for the 2021 and probably 2022-2025).
 
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I really dislike the current trend among crossovers/SUVs where they put that textured black plastic above the wheel arches. I just can't get with that look on most vehicles. I've never had so many rock chips in that area to make me think, "Hmm, I could use some ruggedized plastic here"
 

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I currently drive a Subaru Legacy that gets 30 mpg, so 35 mpg isn't very impressive. Also, 17 miles electric range doesn't compete with the Ford Escape PHEV's estimated 37 miles.
 

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I was a loyal Subaru Forester customer. They lost my business. It will be hard for them to get it back.
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