NEXT STAGE: New in 2022

The Solterra name will adorn Subaru’s first mass-market electric vehicle, with the new battery-powered crossover scheduled to go on sale by mid-2022 in the U.S. The upcoming EV crossover is being jointly developed with Toyota Motor Corp., which unveiled its own version of the vehicle, the bZ4X, at the 2021 Shanghai auto show. Subaru said the Solterra will be built on a dedicated EV platform called e-Subaru Global Platform, echoing Toyota' name for the underpinnings, e-Toyota New Global Architecture. The new vehicle leverages Subaru's strength in all-wheel-drive technology and Toyota's strength in electrification. The platform can underpin a variety of vehicle types.