Subaru Prepares Four EV SUVs For The End Of 2026

Subaru Soltera 2023. (Doc. Subaru)

JAKARTA - After launching the Solterra SUV which is a twin of Toyota bZ4x, Subaru plans to spread its wings into the realm of Electric Vehicle (EV).

Just like other Japanese brands such as Toyota, Honda, Mitsubishi, and Nissan, Subaru was late in plunging into the EV realm. But slowly Japanese automotive manufacturers began to look at the electric vehicle segment.

Reporting from Automotive News, Thursday, May 11, Subaru announced it will produce around 400,000 electric vehicles per year and launch four electric SUVs by the end of 2026. Subaru will offer the four electric crossovers to the US market.

Atsushi Osaki, CEO of Subaru, said Subaru would add an assembly line for electric vehicles (EVs) at the Oizumi plant, Japan in early 2027, as part of its efforts to accelerate EV growth. This production line is expected to produce around 200,000 vehicles per year.

In addition, the production line at the Yajima plant will also be added, and will have the capacity to produce 200,000 electric vehicles per year starting in 2026. That way, these two production lines can produce a total of 400,000 electric vehicles per year by 2028.

He added that Subaru plans to build the first EV in Japan, although he knows 70 percent of Subaru's global sales come from the United States market.

Subaru also plans to find new battery supplies through the alliance with their partner, Toyota.

Last year, Subaru said that about 40 percent of their global sales would come from electric, electric, and hybrid electric vehicles by the end of the decade, and they plan to fully adopt electrification by early 2030.