Subaru introduced the first electric car, writes Reuters.
In the work on the Solterra SUV, Toyota participated, which owns 20 percent of Subaru shares. The presentation took place against the background of tightening environmental requirements and growing demand for electric vehicles. The machine on the front drive is capable of driving without recharging 530 kilometers, on a full drive – 460 kilometers.
Refusal of internal combustion engines and the production of electric vehicles is problematic for small automakers like subaru due to large financial costs. But the autohygigants as Toyota appears the opportunity to combine small competitors. Sales of Subaru make up less than 10 percent of Toyota sales.
For the production of Solterra, the factory powers of Toyota will use in Japan. As SUBARU sales increase plans to start the production of cars at its main market in the United States. “The electric car market has not yet matured, so we will develop our cooperation with Toyota,” said Subaru General Director Tomomy Nakamura.
Last month, Toyota announced the release of the BZ4X crossover, which is called the heir to the popular RAV4 SUV. By 2025, the company plans to create a ruler of 15 electric vehicles. In the next 10 years, the cargoant will spend $ 13.5 billion on expanding the production of automotive batteries.
In November, it was reported that global automakers would attach hundreds of billions of dollars to the development and production of electric vehicles and batteries until 2030. Most of all – 110 billion – I pledged to invest German Volkswagen Group. Japanese automakers Honda, Toyota and Nissan plan to spend less than 40 billion.