Subaru offered greater than 12,000 items of the Solterra final 12 months within the U.S. Within the first six months of this 12 months, gross sales are already up by about 21%, regardless of the electrical crossover itself being considerably mediocre. But it surely’s a transparent signal that the corporate’s adventure-loving prospects like EVs.
So the automaker is now providing much more choices, with the newest addition being the 2026 Subaru Uncharted. Its world reveal was on Thursday in New York Metropolis, the place InsideEVs checked it out in particular person.
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The Uncharted is born out of Subaru’s long-standing partnership with Toyota. It’s Toyota C-HR’s twin, which was revealed in Might and is the Japanese automaker’s coolest EV but. It should be a part of the closely up to date Bachelor and the brand new Trailseeker when it goes on sale in early 2026.
Subaru’s electrical trio of Solterra, Trailseeker and Uncharted additionally get far cooler names than Toyota’s clunky alphanumeric mishmash. Subaru’s product planners deserve a pat on the again for his or her naming technique.
There are some small variations between the C-HR and the Uncharted. The Toyota will solely be obtainable with all-wheel drive and 290 miles of vary, due to a 74.7 kilowatt-hour battery. Subaru will supply the Uncharted with each FWD and AWD choices.
The FWD will get greater than 300 miles of Subaru-estimated vary with 221 horsepower. The AWD can have equivalent output because the C-HR: 290 miles of vary and 338 horsepower. Its 0-60 miles per hour acceleration time shall be lower than 5 seconds, Subaru says.
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One other essential addition is the factory-fitted Tesla-style charging port. That ought to assist alleviate charging anxieties as Subaru house owners will get entry to greater than 15,000 Tesla Superchargers within the nation.
The charging pace is capped at 150 kilowatts, which isn’t industry-leading by any measure. Nonetheless, it’s on par with different EVs on this section, such because the Chevy Equinox EV and the Ford Mustang Mach-E.
Subaru mentioned 10-80% ought to take about half-hour. It’s additionally anticipated to carry peak charging speeds for an extended period in comparison with the present Solterra. Plus, it’s going to get battery preconditioning, which optimizes pack temperature earlier than the charging session even begins to succeed in the absolute best charging pace.
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On the design entrance, the Uncharted is in tune with the 2026 Solterra and the Trailseeker. It seems extra futuristic and stylish than the gas-powered Crosstrek.
It will get Subaru’s signature LED daytime working lights; the headlamps are positioned discreetly proper beneath the DRLs. The grille space seems clear, whereas the sloping roofline provides some character. Blacked-out components make it look sporty, together with the wheels, physique cladding, mirror caps, rear ducktail spoiler and the roof (GT trim solely).
Inside, it faces the identical shortcomings as Toyota’s EVs, with the squircle-shaped steering blocking the view of the gauge cluster—a problem that’s existed for years now on the Solterra and the Toyota bZ4X. It is nonetheless not fastened.
Regardless of how a lot you regulate the steering rake and attain, or the motive force’s seat, some portion of the gauge cluster at all times blocks out, rendering it partly unusable. Why not simply delete the cluster altogether, like Tesla? Or enhance its positioning over the dashboard?
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One other gremlin is that the twin wi-fi charging pads on the middle console haven’t any mechanism to grip or maintain your smartphone—it’s going to most definitely fly in the direction of the rear once you flooring the throttle.
Apart from that, the cabin felt nice. The Sport trim I sat in had high-quality leather-based seats and the supplies on the dashboard and the door panels felt upscale, too.
Regardless of being a compact crossover with a sloping roofline, the room inside isn’t horrible. I’m 5’7” and sat comfortably within the entrance and the again. My colleague Maddox Kay, who’s 6’2”, was additionally snug on the rear, with satisfactory head room and knee room.
The 25+ cubic ft of bags area appeared insufficient, though it is solely barely smaller than the 2026 Toyota bZ’s 27.7 cubic ft of area behind the second row seats.
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Subaru offered 12,000+ Solterras within the U.S. final 12 months due to the federal tax credit score, which allowed the automaker to supply insane lease and financing offers. The Solterra continues to be obtainable with low cost lease offers with $0 down cost and 0% APR financing choices.
However the federal tax credit score will sundown on September 30. So Subaru’s new fashions should promote on advantage. And to this point, it looks like they’ve chops required to take action, however we will solely actually discover out after they hit the market.
The Uncharted will go on sale within the U.S. early in 2026 and shall be manufactured in a Toyota manufacturing unit in Japan. So anticipate tariffs to chew—until the auto sector sees some aid from a attainable commerce deal between the 2 nations.
Pricing and remaining specs shall be introduced nearer to the launch date, however anticipate the Uncharted to value within the $40,000-$50,000 worth vary, which ought to make it a extra fashionable and sportier rival to the Hyundai Kona Electrical, Kia Niro EV and the Chevy Equinox EV.
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