Subaru's third EV is here, and it is a re-badged Toyota. The Uncharted lands from $59,990.

Subaru Australia has confirmed pricing and pre-orders for the 2026 Uncharted, a small electric SUV that joins the brand's lineup in mid-2026. It is the third EV Subaru has launched here after the Solterra and Trailseeker, and the most aggressively priced of the three. Sticker is $59,990 plus on-road costs in a single all-wheel drive variant.

For Subaru loyalists hoping for a uniquely Subaru EV, this is not it. The Uncharted is built on Toyota's e-TNGA platform and is, in plain language, a re-badged Toyota C-HR+. Even the model name follows Toyota convention, not Subaru's old initials-and-numbers system.

Specs

The Uncharted runs a dual-motor AWD setup making a combined 252 kW. Front motor delivers 167 kW and 268 Nm, the rear adds 88 kW and 169 Nm. The battery is a 74.7 kWh CATL lithium-ion unit good for a preliminary 522 km on the WLTP combined cycle. Zero to 100 km/h takes about 5.0 seconds, which is brisk for the segment.

DC charging tops out at 150 kW, with 10 to 80 per cent quoted at around 30 minutes. Subaru keeps the brand's off-road story alive with Dual-mode X-Mode, Grip Control, Downhill Assist and 211 mm of ground clearance, which is high for a Toyota-derived urban SUV.

How it stacks up

At $59,990 plus on-roads, the Uncharted sits above the Tesla Model Y RWD, below the Polestar 4 Long Range, and roughly level with the Hyundai Kona Electric Premium. Within Subaru's own range, it slots in $10,000 below the Solterra and meaningfully below the Trailseeker that landed earlier this year.

Subaru's pitch is the AWD-plus-clearance combination at this price point, which is genuinely unusual. Most electric SUVs in the high-$50,000 bracket are RWD city specials. The Uncharted is not.

Cartell Assessment

There are two ways to read this car. One: Subaru has finally given Australian buyers a sharply priced, dual-motor AWD EV at family-SUV money. Two: Subaru is rebranding a Toyota and asking us to pretend it is a Subaru.

Both are true. The Uncharted will sell, because $59,990 for 252 kW AWD with 522 km range is competitive on the spec sheet. But Subaru's identity has always been engineering with attitude. Boxer engines. Symmetrical AWD that actually means something mechanically. The Uncharted does not have that. The AWD is two electric motors with software between them, like every other dual-motor EV.

For the buyer who wants an electric school-run SUV with weekend snow-trip credibility and an AWD badge, it works. For the buyer who chose Subaru because it was Subaru, it is a harder sell.

AU Outlook

Pre-orders are open now, first deliveries mid-2026. The bigger question is what Subaru does with the Crosstrek-replacement EV that is supposed to follow in mid-2027, the C-HR-derived sibling. If that one is also a re-badged Toyota, the brand has effectively outsourced its electric future. That is a strategy. It is also a confession.