🔥 Quick Takeaways Box
- ⚡ Power: Up to 338 horsepower (dual motors, AWD)
- 🔋 Range: Up to 300+ miles (FWD); 290 miles (AWD)
- 📏 Design: Sporty, aggressive exterior; stylish, tech-packed interior
- 🔌 Charging: Upgraded 150-kW DC fast-charging; NACS-compatible
- 💲 Availability: Early 2026 (Pricing TBD)
Subaru has recently announced the launch of the Uncharted, a new all-electric crossover that adds to its growing electric vehicle lineup. However, given Subaru's partnership with Toyota, the details of this vehicle aren't particularly surprising. If you made a Venn diagram of Subaru and Toyota's EV strategies (at least outside of China), it would just be a circle. The two automakers have closely collaborated on multiple fronts, including EV development, and Toyota owns a 20% stake in the smaller company.
This partnership is evident in the nearly identical Toyota bZ4X and Subaru Solterra; electric crossovers with the same platform, batteries, and nearly all sheetmetal. The pattern continues with Subaru's announcement of the Trailseeker, a wagon variant of the Solterra, shortly followed by Toyota's reveal of the bZ Woodland Wagon, which is effectively the same.
So, we could have predicted pretty much everything about the global reveal of the 2026 Subaru Uncharted back in May when Toyota unwrapped the 2026 CH-R. Like Subaru's other EVs, the Uncharted is basically identical to its Toyota counterpart.
What Takes the Uncharted Off the Chart?
The Uncharted is designed for Subaru drivers who want an EV that prioritizes style and sporty performance over utility. It's almost 7 inches shorter than the Solterra, and rear seat room is a bit more compromised due to the reduced length and the sloping roof. The Uncharted also features a decidedly more aggressive-looking appearance, with strongly sculpted fenders and door panels. If Subaru still participated in the World Rally Championship, the Uncharted would almost certainly form the basis of their race car.
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When compared to Toyota's CH-R, the only differences in exterior design are limited to the front and rear fascias and lights. The Uncharted continues with Subaru's six-element headlight theme, based on the six stars of the Pleiades cluster, which is known as "Subaru" in Japanese. In contrast, the CH-R has a hammerhead look to its headlights. At the rear end, the main distinction from the CH-R is in the taillamps, which are separated rather than the full-width light bar featured on the Toyota. Additionally, similar to the original CH-R, the front doors have fairly conventional handles, while the rear handles are hidden at the rear edge of the side glass above the sheetmetal.
The Living Space
The cabin is also shared with the CH-R and represents a big improvement over previous iterations of Subaru EVs, which had issues with the instrument cluster display being obscured by the steering wheel. The Uncharted fixes this problem by mounting the 7-inch display higher and giving the steering wheel a flat top and bottom.
A 14-inch touchscreen infotainment display is standard and has two round dials in the lower corners for temperature control and a smaller volume knob in the center. Buttons for the defrosters are along the bottom edge, while most other climate controls are accessed through the touch interface. In addition to the built-in infotainment system based on Toyota’s latest-generation multimedia software, the Uncharted also supports wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto. Below the vents, there are two wireless charging pads for smartphones.
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Every trim of the Uncharted comes equipped with Subaru’s All-Weather package, which includes heated front seats and mirrors, as well as a de-icer system for the windshield wipers. A driver-monitoring system alerts the driver if their attention strays from the road for more than a few seconds. Although the Uncharted retains Subaru’s EyeSight branding for its suite of driver-assist features, it doesn’t use the stereoscopic camera system found on gas-powered Subaru models. Instead, it gets the same monovision camera and multi-radar configuration used by Toyota to provide Pre-Collision Braking, Front Cross Traffic Alert, Blind Spot Monitors, Lane Departure Alert, Emergency Stop Assist, Advanced Adaptive Cruise Control, and more.
The Motivational Equipment
Other members of the Subaru/Toyota EV family are set to receive propulsion system upgrades for 2026, and the Uncharted gets the upgraded system, starting with a 74.7-kilowatt-hour lithium-ion battery pack. Most of the Uncharted's production volume for North America will be in the Sport and GT trims, which come with dual front and rear electric motors and produce 338 horsepower. That setup will be enough to launch the car from zero to 60 mph in under 5 seconds. The all-wheel-drive (AWD) models are projected to deliver up to 290 miles per charge. Additionally, Subaru will offer an entry-level trim (inexplicably called Premium) with a single motor for front-wheel drive (FWD) and 221 horsepower. The FWD Premium is expected to go over 300 miles on a charge.
The AWD Uncharted includes Subaru’s X-Mode software to control power delivery to the wheels for better handling off-pavement and poor-weather grip. Although full specifications haven't yet been released, the Uncharted is likely to have the same 8.3 inches of ground clearance as the Solterra, which would put it at the higher end of what’s available in electric crossovers. For comparison, the Ford Mustang Mach-E Rally only has 5.8 inches, and the Hyundai Ioniq 5 XRT has just 7 inches. While the Uncharted isn’t going to challenge Ford Broncos and Jeep Wranglers, it should do just fine on the rougher trails where Subarus typically excel.
Charging
When Subaru launched its first EV in 2022, it received complaints about its underwhelming range and downright mediocre charging. The DC fast-charging performance peaked at just 100 kilowatts, and the charging speed dropped off quickly, requiring over an hour for a full charge.
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However, the Uncharted (and other 2026 Subaru EVs) will have peak charging speeds of up to 150 kW and a much flatter charge curve. While it still won’t challenge the 18-minute 10% to 80% charge time of Hyundai and Kia's EVs, the Uncharted will now do that charge in a much more respectable 30 minutes.
Like the rest of the Subaru EV family, the Uncharted features an SAE J3400/NACS charging port mounted on the right front fender. This port will allow charging from over 15,000 Tesla Superchargers without an adapter, and the port location means it can reach the short Tesla cables without taking up an extra parking space. For Level 2 charging at home, work, or other public locations, the onboard AC charger will support up to 11 kW.
Pricing
The 2026 Subaru Uncharted should go on sale in early 2026. Like Toyota with the CH-R, Subaru is holding off on pricing until closer to launch. The Uncharted, along with the Solterra, Trailseeker, and Toyota's EVs, will be produced in Japan. This production location means it could potentially be impacted by the current administration's trade policies, making it hard to project pricing this far out.
Apart from the price, the Uncharted will feature a more appealing design along with significant mechanical and electrical upgrades over earlier versions of Subaru's EVs, making it a vastly more appealing electric option compared to the Solterra released three years ago.
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