Subaru Finally Gets Serious About EVs

I'd like to think that I have a pretty good read on things in the electric vehicle space—it is my job, and what have you—but I didn't have Subaru's one-two EV punch on my bingo card for 2025. This week at the New York Auto Show, the outdoorsy all-terrain brand unveiled an updated Solterra and the entirely new Trailseeker, both with significantly upgraded specs from its first efforts in this arena.

They're the main topic of discussion on this week's Plugged-In Podcast, which, in the spirit of full disclosure, was recorded before we got to see both cars in person. (Design-wise, they do look better in real life.) I think both have the potential to be needed hits, especially the Trailseeker, which is more of an Outback than even the new Outback seems to be.  

Also on deck today: Tim Levin gives us his impressions of the Lucid Gravity SUV, which may just be the best EV he's driven yet (and even having only driven the Air sedan myself, I do believe it.) And we examine the potential ramifications of a new bill from U.S. Senator Elissa Slotkin that could ban Chinese cars from the American market entirely. 

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