ELECTRIC VEHICLE SYSTEM FEATURES
Your Subaru Solterra is a battery electric vehicle, which is considerably different from
conventional vehicles. Battery electric vehicles use electricity charged in a traction battery
to drive an electric motor, instead of using an engine that burns a fuel, such as gasoline.
Because they use electricity to drive the motor, they do not emit any emissions, such as
CO2 (carbon dioxide) or NOx (Nitrogen Oxides). Battery electric vehicles are
environmentally friendly vehicles.
Your Subaru Solterra electric vehicle system contains the following components:
1
Electricity Supply Unit (built in onboard traction battery charger/DC-DC converter)
2
Front electric motor (traction motor)/Inverter
3
12-volt battery (Provides electricity to various vehicle systems such as the SRS
airbags, headlights, wipers, etc.)
4
Traction battery (Provides electricity to the electric motors)
5
Charging port
6
Rear electric motor (traction motor)/Inverter
The electric vehicle is driven using electricity, received from an external power source, that
is stored in the traction battery. Public charging stations and even your household outlets
can be used for charging. Procedures are different from refueling a conventional vehicle.
For more information on charging your vehicle, please refer to page 41.
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