Yet another Hacker News

Subaru is killing off gas cars and will only sell EVs in Europe

41 points toomuchtodo 1 hour ago 14 comments

toomuchtodo 1 hour ago | parent

German source: https://www.auto-motor-und-sport.de/verkehr/keine-verbrenner...

(Subaru marketshare is already fairly small in Europe, but an interesting data point imho as global electrification continues)

Europe EV sales rose 70.3% in September, 32.6% of market share - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50155291 - October 2026 (167 comments, as of this comment)

EV Sales Are Booming in Europe with Gasoline at $10 a Gallon - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49870928 - September 2026 (150 comments)

Europe EV Sales BEVs Jump 50% & Reach 26% Market Share - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49147450 - August 2026 (188 comments)

Tracking:

https://ember-energy.org/data/ev-sales-tracker/

https://robbieandrew.github.io/carsales/?lang=en&freq=monthl...

https://ourworldindata.org/electric-car-sales

nothercastle 1 hour ago | parent

Subaru the brand with the worst infotainment in the market is going all electric. That’s going to go well

gamegod 1 hour ago | parent

If you're buying a Subaru, you're buying it because you value safety and reliability of the car, because your life/livelihood depend on it. You're not concerned about the infotainment system.

Kirby64 1 hour ago | parent

> If you're buying a Subaru, you're buying it because you value safety and reliability of the car

If I want that, why wouldn’t I buy Toyota/Honda?

TreeInBuxton 14 minutes ago | parent

To be fair, the Subaru Solterra is a rebadged Toyota bz4x, so I suppose you basically are buying a Toyota?

kikkia 57 minutes ago | parent

That's part, I think not to dissimilar from a jeep, people buy them for the "lifestyle". Plenty of people take them off road, but plenty also like the idea that they could go off road.

nothercastle 36 minutes ago | parent

You are buying it for the gas powered awd system. Which is like the only thing they did well. They have zero advantage or brand value in the EV realm

drop_star 9 minutes ago | parent

in theory EVs would be ideal for off-roading. Low end torque and the ability to control the motors independently. I think something like the Mercedes portal axles attached to electric motors would be amazing.

solyin 19 minutes ago | parent

No you're not. You're buying a Subaru because how awesome was the WRX STi and how they did in WRC! Naturally I speak for the motivations of all Subaru buyers and you don't. We can't know what reasons people do buy a Subaru, but people buying them because of awesome things professional race car drivers do in modified versions of their car has got to be non-zero.

S_Bear 14 minutes ago | parent

As a 25 year Subaru driver, it's a bit of one and a bit of two. I have a safe ride in the winter and do a full Costco run, and I can book it down curvy dirt roads at unsafe speeds to indulge my inner rally car driver.

clickety_clack 14 minutes ago | parent

I was actually shocked to find that Subaru in the US was this kind of safe, maybe outdoorsy brand. I had never seen anything but Imprezas inspired by WRC before I got here. Only boy racers drove them where I grew up.

oliyoung 12 minutes ago | parent

> Since 2019, every new Subaru has come standard with both Apple CarPlay® and Android Auto™

https://www.subaru.com/vehicle-info/article/what-is-apple-ca...

idontwantthis 8 minutes ago | parent

Infotainement is more than just CarPlay.

I don't know if it's gotten any better, but I won't buy another Subaru after my 2020. It constantly beeps at me whenever the EyeSight can't see the lanes in the road, even when it's not steering for me. It's a safety hazard that pretends to be a safety feature.

onlypassingthru 19 minutes ago | parent

"Subaru is killing off gas cars and will only sell rebadged Toyota EVs in Europe."

Subaru was talking about an electric model over 20 years ago! I saw the concept drawings. Whoever has run Subaru for the last 20 years needs to be given a watch and thanked for their service on their way out the door.