Subaru has announced that it will name its new all-electric SUV Solterra.

Designed as a joint venture between Subaru and Toyota – which revealed its version with the BZ4X all-electric SUV project – the Solterra features a new, dedicated all-electric platform named the e-SUBARU Global Platform. The joint venture combines Subaru’s expertise in all-wheel drive technology with Toyota’s vehicle electrification technology.

Subaru says that to create the e-SUBARU Global Platform, its engineers worked to bring together the brand’s all-wheel drive capability, driving dynamics and world leading passive safety in a versatile, dedicated EV platform. The result will be a ‘technologically advanced full-electric SUV that is also a truly capable and durable Subaru SUV’. The Solterra joins Subaru’s line-up of SUVs, including the Outback, Forester, and Crosstrek (known as the XV in Australia).

The Solterra will go on sale in 2022 although there are no plans yet to being it to Australia. Its name, Subaru says, was created using the Latin words for “Sun” and “Earth” to represent the company’s ‘commitment to deliver traditional SUV capabilities in an environmentally responsible package’.

Source: Motor Trader e-Magazine (June 2021) 

11 June 2021