Key word is Europe. Because us north-americans are stuck 30 years in the past in terms of transport, but with cars twice as big.

Its for the best. Their company has been stuck without innovation on extremely outdated powertrain platforms since the early 2000s.

I've leased a couple of Imprezas the past 5 years. I love the car, it's so small but capable. A couple of years ago when my last lease was up, I wanted to get an EV or hybrid from Subaru but there were no options at the time. Now I'm torn on going with an EV or buying out my current lease (I don't want interior cameras).

Last time I test drove a Subaru, I said to the dealer: "perfect car for me, except that it uses gasoline", and I left. So I like to think I contributed to this new "EV only" strategy.

I used to drive a forester, what a lovely car. Now driving an EV 4WD. The advent of EV cars has changed the paradigm. A low down battery plus two or four motors for the wheels. The advantages of superior engine placement, transmission, drivetrain is all irrelevant now. I'm likely to stick with Japanese or Chinese simply because of the extra toys that not additional extras.

I thought lots of European countries had upcoming bans on the sale of new ICE cars. So surely this is just getting ahead of that.

That’s a bold move, considering they’re only just now getting around to making their own EV - their earlier models are all basically rebadged Toyotas, iirc.

I like and completely support the idea, but i was under the impression that the only reason that they're still a bit relevant in europe is the aficionados to the boxer engine. If they only sell rebadged toyota EVs, can they survive? I'm not a CEO but it doesn't seem smart to rebadge half-assed EVs from a company that doesn't believe in EVs.

If only the TNGA platform offered 20-30kWh more, the E-Outback would be really compelling


Do they even make any electric vehicles?