Tag: Subaru
SI Drive These are Subaru Intelligent Drive System or SI Drive Indicator symbols. This system was initially designed to maximize high-voltage battery life in a hybrid vehicle. ‘I’ indicates that intelligent mode is selected, where battery life is automatically maximized. Before continuing, is one of these truly your symbol?? If yes, read on below. Otherwise, …
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Drive mode page A week or so ago, I posted that we would be creating drive mode pages for individual manufacturers. To that end, we have since created seven of those pages. Pages for Cadillac, Chevrolet, Dodge, Ford, Hyundai, Lexus, Ram, and Subaru are now on the site. Cadillac and Chevrolet share a page. They …
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Drive modes This page holds Subaru Drive Mode Indicator symbols. The list of drive modes on our original page grew so large it became apparent that separate manufacturer pages would be appropriate. Note that if you are surprised to see one of these it is likely a drive mode has been accidently activated via one …
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Park outside Some 69,153 Subaru Hybrid vehicles have earned a park outside warning and a recall due to a potential fuel leak and the resulting fire risk. The issue is a possible insufficient seal on the fuel cap, and includes 51,707 2025 Forester Hybrid vehicles produced between November 28, 2024 and December 05, 2025 . …
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Future EVs? So I saw this headline at gearpatrol.com: “Subaru Just Patented a Wild New Engine Idea for Its Future EVs.” So, we had to read it, and it turns out to essentially pertain to hybrid electric vehicles not pure EVs! The engine is a gasoline engine used to recharge the battery like the Chevy …
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Radiant heating A recent piece from InsideEVs began by stating that the updated Subaru Solterra does not have a glove box. The reason for this was that the space was needed for a radiant heating device, which is supposed to use less energy than either a heat pump or resistance heating. This seemed odd a …
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Subaru dashboard symbols We just finished an update of the Subaru dashboard symbols page and in the process added 29 new (to Subaru) indicators. This includes easily a dozen brand new versions of existing indicators. The new Solterra model — Subaru‘s first EV entry — alone was responsible for 13 of the 29. But what …
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Eight new manufacturer drive mode pages created to simplify the website
Drive mode page A week or so ago, I posted that we would be creating drive mode pages for individual manufacturers. To that end, we have since created seven of those pages. Pages for Cadillac, Chevrolet, Dodge, Ford, Hyundai, Lexus, Ram, and Subaru are now on the site. Cadillac and Chevrolet share a page. They …
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