2026 Subaru Uncharted small EV revealed: New rival for the BYD Atto 3, MG S5, Chery Omoda E5 and Kia EV3 offers plenty of performance and decent range
Subaru has rolled out its 2026 Subaru Uncharted electric SUV.
It’s a small SUV designed to slip under the Solterra and recently released Trailseeker SUVs and marks the third electric car developed in cooperation with Toyota.
Developed alongside the 2025 Toyota C-HR+ EV, the new Subaru Uncharted shares a platform, powertrain tech and most of its body with the Toyota.
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Still to be locked in for Australia, the all-electric Crosstrek-sized SUV has been launched in the US and confirmed for Europe including right-hand drive UK (Euro-spec pictured top).
In the USA it’s offered in Premium, Sport and GT trims.
The entry-spec Premium comes with a single front e-motor that drives just the front wheels – a rarity for a Subaru – and produces 165kW.
Both the Sport and GT have dual-motors, all-wheel drive that works with the firm’s traction-boosting X-mode and up to 252kW of power for a brisk 0-100km/h sprint of just 5.2 seconds.
Powering the motors is a 74.7kWh lithium-ion battery that sees the Uncharted SUV cover up to 482km with the single e-motor and 466km with the dual-motors.
An alternative single-motor, FWD version will also be available in Europe with a smaller 57.7 kW/h battery, offering a range of 444km.
Those figures are some way off the Toyota C-HR+’s claims between 525km and 600km.
Plug it in and DC fast-charging is up to 150kW, with a 10-80 per cent top-up said to take about 30 minutes.
Despite looking almost identical to the Toyota C-HR+, the Subaru sports a different front-end design that aligns it with the Solterra and Trailseeker, plus revised tail-lights, new alloy wheels, a different rear bumper and unique roof rails.
Within, the Uncharted looks similar to the Toyota and gains a large 14-inch infotainment system, a digital instrument cluster and dual wireless smartphone chargers.
Subaru promises that the new Uncharted will come with its own suspension tune.
It’s not just the new Subaru Uncharted that has a question mark hanging over it for Australia. Toyota has also yet to confirm its C-HR+ for a local import.
Instead, Toyota has locked in its bZ4X Touring for a launch in the first half of 2025.
