Our wait to see Subaru’s first electric vehicle is nearly up. The 2023 Subaru Solterra is now formally slated to debut at this month’s Los Angeles Auto Show. These ravenous to see the knowledge as quickly because it hits ought to tune in on November 17 at 1:45 p.m. ET to see Subaru reveal the crossover through a livestream present.
At present’s information is accompanied by a single preview picture exhibiting the Solterra trekking by a muddy highway. We see the wheel, big black fender cladding, a part of the headlight and the “EV” badge on the fender. Identical to the preview images we saw before (beneath), the resemblance to the Toyota bZ4X is apparent to see.
The LA Auto Show is shaping as much as be a present with quite a few electric car debuts. We all know the Kia Idea EV9 goes to be revealed on the present, and the ultimate manufacturing Fisker Ocean is coming, too. Add the Solterra to the record, and we’re going to have fairly the electrical time.
As for anticipated Solterra specs, we now have the official bZ4X specs to look at. The Toyota model is accessible in each front-wheel drive and all-wheel drive, however we already know the Subaru shall be all-wheel-drive-only. Toyota’s automobile solely makes 214 horsepower with all-wheel drive, so don’t count on this to be a super-quick EV. Driving vary is 285 miles for the AWD bZ4X, and Toyota estimates that charging at a 150 kW charger ought to get you from 0-80% in about half-hour.
Take the entire above important specs with a grain of salt, although, as Subaru might have performed some tinkering of its personal to provide totally different numbers. We’ll discover out quickly sufficient, because the official reveal will happen subsequent week.
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