About Trailseeker
The Trailseeker is Subaru's attempt to translate the Outback formula into the electric age. Rather than another smooth, anonymous crossover, it takes a longer, wagon-like body with raised ground clearance, rugged cladding and roof rails, and pairs it with all-wheel drive from twin electric motors. More than one reviewer has described it as an Outback clone with a battery pack, and Subaru would probably take that as a compliment, because that is exactly the point.
Revealed in 2025, the Trailseeker rides on the same electric architecture as the Solterra and was co-developed with Toyota, which sells a close relative. It offers more power and more cargo room than the Solterra, and its styling is aimed squarely at Subaru's core outdoors-minded buyers, the kayak-on-the-roof crowd. It also benefits from the battery and charging improvements that the Subaru-Toyota partnership introduced with its second round of electric models.
The Trailseeker joins the Solterra and the smaller Uncharted in Subaru's expanding electric lineup, and it is aimed at shoppers who might otherwise consider a Volkswagen ID.4, Hyundai Ioniq 5 or Tesla Model Y, as well as at Outback loyalists wondering whether the time has come to plug in. Its real test is less about range charts than about character: whether it can convince those loyalists that an electric Subaru still feels like a Subaru on a muddy road.
Early sales and owner experiences will show whether Subaru has found the right electric formula at last, after the Solterra's uneven start, and how the Trailseeker holds up in deep snow and on long road trips where charging is sparse. Coverage includes first drives, full reviews, pricing and range updates and sales reports, along with comparisons against the gasoline Outback whose image it borrows and whose loyal buyers it hopes to win over.