I fear Subaru is late to the
I fear Subaru is late to the game and investing in already outdated technology - five years too late. The new Cross-Trek Hybrid is slower than the current gas model and a sizable portion of the rear storage is essentially lost due to the battery compartment - poor execution in spite of good intentions.
From Bloomberg News - 11/26/2018 - The Plug-In Hybrid Car Hits its Stride, Just in Time to die - By: Kyle Stock
“A full electric is a much more elegant solution,” said Gil Tal, director of the Plug-in Hybrid and Electric Vehicle Research Center at the University of California, Davis. “It’s very simple to build and very low maintenance.” In retrospect, he contends, plug-in hybrids “are just the training wheels” in the industry’s preparation for electric cars.
In the U.S., sales of fully electric vehicles have surged ahead of plug-in hybrids, outpacing them by almost three-to-one in the third quarter, according to new data published by Bloomberg New Energy Finance. In the coming months, purely battery-powered machines will overtake hybrids that don’t plug in at all, a category that includes a wide range of vehicles such as the Prius.