Subaru considers electric vehicles

Subaru is considering creating electric versions of its existing models as tougher emissions regulations come to surface.

Company CEO, Yasuyuki Yoshinaga, has said that Subaru will unveil a plug-in hybrid vehicle as soon as next year, and the carmaker is planning to reveal a fully electric vehicle by 2021.

Yoshinaga told Bloomberg: “If there’s already an attractive Subaru model, for example the XV crossover, and if a customer in Beijing wants one but is only allowed to buy an electric vehicle, if there’s no electric version then he can’t buy it.

“Providing the choice of an EV means the customer can still desire the same Subaru.”