Toyota and Subaru strengthen “electric” partnership. Two major companies produce more than one fully electric vehicle is developing.
At a conference held in recent months, Subaru CEO Atsushi Osaki said, “It is a big risk for us to move forward alone in the field of electric cars.” he said. On top of that It was announced that three new electric SUV models would be introduced to the market in collaboration with Toyota. According to plans, four fully electric SUVs, including Solterra, will be produced by the end of 2026. By the end of 2028, Subaru will add four new electric vehicles to its product range, reaching eight electric vehicles in total. This issue came to the agenda again today because it was reported that the duo is developing a fully electric SUV to launch it on the market in 2026. It will be produced by Subaru (monthly production target is between 15 and 20 thousandIt is said that the vehicle will not be built on a new platform from scratch in order to keep costs low. By the way, this is not the first time Toyota and Subaru have come together. The bZ4X and Solterra models, which are essentially the same, are produced by Toyota at its Aichi plant in Japan.
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Toyota had come to the fore in recent months with the news that it would increase its investment in electric vehicles. The company, which started to give more importance to electric vehicles after Koji Sato took over, does not build its future entirely on electric vehicles, that is, it still wants to develop vehicles with internal combustion engines. Former Toyota CEO Akio Toyoda, He did not accept a future with only electric vehicles in the automobile industry and argued that internal combustion models should survive. Toyoda, who frequently states that vehicles with cleaner internal combustion engines can be produced, said in a statement: “No matter how much progress BEVs (Battery Electric Vehicles) make, hybrids, fuel cell electric vehicles and hydrogen powered vehicles will still He believes that it will constitute 70 percent of the automotive market.“ he had stated.