Subaru Crosstrek Plug-In Hybrid Features and Fuel Economy
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 30 ก.ย. 2024
- Today I show you the quirks and features of the Subaru Crosstrek Plug-In Hybrid, show you the EPA MPG ratings for the car, and if you have one what all the unique little buttons on your car do. Chances are you do not have one, because this is a limited production model. And no, I am not giving this car a Doug Score.
2019 Subaru Crosstrek Hybrid
2019 Subaru Crosstrek Plug In Hybrid
2019 Subaru Crosstrek PHEV
2020 Subaru Crosstrek Hybrid
2020 Subaru Crosstrek Plug In Hybrid
2020 Subaru Crosstrek PHEV
2021 Subaru Crosstrek Hybrid
2021 Subaru Crosstrek Plug In Hybrid
2021 Subaru Crosstrek PHEV
2022 Subaru Crosstrek Hybrid
2022 Subaru Crosstrek Plug In Hybrid
2022 Subaru Crosstrek PHEV
2023 Subaru Crosstrek Hybrid
2023 Subaru Crosstrek Plug In Hybrid
2023 Subaru Crosstrek PHEV
I forgot to mention in the video that the car does come with a charging cable so you can charge it yourself at home. This cable plugs into a standard wall outlet so you do not need to install anything in your house to be able to charge it on your own. Thank you for watching!
Should have came with a 240V plug.
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Nice vid. If you're interested in some real world numbers we're getting 50mpg after 6,000 miles and 7 months of ownership in Oregon where a lot of our driving is in the mountains. We get somewhere between 18 to 21 miles of all electric driving on a single charge depending on conditions. It does come with an electric air pump which is stored in the right hand side of the rear cargo area. So far we couldn't be happier with our Crosstrek PHEV.
Very nice thank you so much for the information!
so the 50mpg that you're getting is only while using the gas engine ? or is that 50 mpg combine gas /electric ?
I often drive long 300 mile days cross country. With that mode will the hybrid system still bring 50ish MPG with maybe even some nights at hotels and no plug-in?
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The longer your trips are, the more your mpge is going to go down. For example, if you mostly drive from your house to your local Home Depot, or your house to the supermarket, and your typical drive is 12 miles, you might go months without ever using any gas. If you're doing 300 miles every day, your mpge is obviously going to be closer to the 35mpge number, since most of your driving will be on the gas engine.
I would imagine the save battery function is used for if your trip involves extended highway use. Batteries drain like crazy at higher speeds while the engine is more efficient at higher speeds. Battery is best used in stop and go traffic, while your MPG dips in city traffic. If charging at destination is not an option. I would use battery in city and gasoline on highway. So that when I do need the benefits of electric I still have it even though I have traveled over the electric range already on the freeway but by using gasoline.
Yes you are basically spot on.
Thank You. I want this car but i am concerned because I yearly drive 5,000 mile round trip snowbird runs to Mexico every winter. Many days of 8 and 9 hours at 70 mph
@@kippywylie I would just buy the regular gasoline model. The hybrid system adds complexity to the car. You don't want the car to break down in the middle of nowhere Mexico and the local mechanics have no idea how to fix it.
@@kippywylie
If you're doing 5k trips, the hybrid won't help much. The average person drives 37 miles per day. This car is for the average person. If you're hopping in your car and ripping off 300 miles one shot, your mpge isn't going to be much better than the gas version. Now, with EV incentives, the price to buy might be about the same. But as @conceptcs points out, the battery brings extra complexity (and cost to fix) that probably won't make it worth it.
@@conceptcs
I have a 2005 Honda Accord Hybrid and will probably buy the 2023 version of this PHEV Subaru. While my Honda is still going strong and I never had to worry about a break down, you are correct that there is added complexity, due to the battery. I'd tell anyone that if they buy this car, put $3K aside because when the battery goes at 100K miles (like what happened with my Honda), you'll have the money to replace it.
If you're the typical driver and you're doing 30-40 miles per day, you'll probably save $1,000 every year in gas (or more, as gas prices increase) and you can easily justify the cost of having to replace the battery down the line. If you have solar at your home, those savings can be even more and you might pay for the cost of a new battery your very first year of owning it.
Great overview of features that are missing on other videos about the car, for or example, the locking charge plug. We have 4 Tesla destination chargers at work that sit mostly unused, and a $150 adapter would enable charging this there. However, I had concerns about people possibly stealing the adapter. This locking feature would deter that. By breaking down the features as you did it's apparent that Subaru put a lot of thought and work into this car's design.
Thank you for watching!
I’m disappointed they didn’t offer these in all the states. I’m very interested in seeing a hybrid trim move to the legacy, Outback, forester, Impreza as well. Hopefully that happens soon! A hybrid Outback would really leave limitless opportunities for adventures.
I'm sure as time goes on Subaru will introduce more hybrid models and offer them nationwide. They are tied up with Toyota and that is where the hybrid technology in this car comes from, and its based on the Global platform which almost all of their cars (Outback included) are now based on, so an Outback hybrid is definitely possible, and in my opinion its only a matter of time. Thank you for watching!
hardworkrr12 on cars Subaru couldn’t of make a better choice choosing to go with Toyota’s hybrid system. I had a feeling since Toyota has a very high steak in Subaru it was the right move. You are right though, it may just happen!
I"ve owned one for a month. so far, so good.
Are you still enjoying the plug-in Crosstrek?
Thoughts after a year?
Quirks and Features is a Doug DeMuro thing. Might be his trademark. His slogan.
Just bought the 2020 version of this car. I want an all electric small suv but I live in snow country. I had to cancel my Tesla order when the Model Y came out with only 61/2” ground clearance. ☹️. This car has 8.7”, just like my old Forester. I plan to trade this in on an all electric Forester when they come out in 2022.
Nice demo video. How often charging is recommended for this vehicle (once a week or once in 2 weeks) and does that mean one will need to purchase charging station for garage ?
Thank you for watching! For the best fuel economy you should charge it as often as possible. You do not need to install a charging station in your house because the car comes with its own charging cable that plugs into a standard wall outlet.
Thanks for this! I sell Subarus in Arizona but needed a quick primer for a used car client.
Good luck! Sell a car be a star!
How does the trunk with folded seats down look? Is the rear elevated above the seats because of the batter? vs flush on a gas Crosstrek?
Yes exactly. Probably about a 5 inch hump in the rear cargo area because of the battery.
You done a great job explaining. Best on TH-cam 💪
Glad it was helpful!
I imagine this would be a great “EV on training wheels” type of car. But I am looking forward to that Subaru SolTerra they teased on their website.
The Soltera is terrible. I don't know what Subaru was thinking. And the Toyota version (the bz4x) has sooo many issues (which I believe the Soltera also has), I'd stay far away from it. I wanted to like it, but it doesn't look like a winner.
* No frunc - for a brand known for its utility, I don't understand why they went this route
* No glove box - why?
* The steering wheel being very low - many taller drivers have complained of the steering wheel hitting the legs
* One of the biggest issues (that I've only so far seen reported with the bz4x) is that the charging speed drops considerably in cold weather. Even with a fast charger, as the temps drop below 35F, the charging can take as much as 10 hours!!! Assuming this also applies to the Soltera, that's simply unacceptable
* Related to charging, even normally, it takes a full hour to go from 0-80% on a fast charger for the Soltera. With Hyundai pushing cars that can do that same charge in 18 minutes, that's just not acceptable and I don't know what Subaru was thinking
There's more, but I've already made this too long. I was hoping for the Soltera to be the Crosstrek, but a full EV, but it has so many issues, I would wait until at least next year when they come to their senses and fix all of the issues (and others) I mentioned above.
Can you turn on the AC while charging? Thanks!
Yes, you can do it by using the 'AC' button on the keyfob to turn on the remote climate control system
Just bought Calypso, my new (well, to me) 2020 PI Hybrid. Yep, it didn't come with the manual. This was a very useful, quick overview. Thank you.
Nice job of explaining all the little details.. really made a big difference, because the 500 page manual is very confusing in some places. :)
De-Horsing!? Is that an established term? Loved your review! I might be considering it now because of this review
In the car business, "De-Horsing" is when you take someone out of their car, typically when you sell the manager's demo and they gotta clean their stuff out of it and get another one. So maybe it wasn't proper use of the slang but it sounded good to me at the time. Thank you for watching, the Crosstrek Hybrid is really cool I hope you'll love it!
@@CarDietrich We'll see, not sure if i'm ready to leave my Volvo XC60 quite yet, but the fuel economy and lease savings are looking attractive...
The real MPG is 38 combined. Stop misleading people.
Question about the AC function on the key fob. When you use that function is the AC running off the battery or is it turning on the car too? Also, when you're driving with the AC running & come to a stop & the engine shuts off does the AC keep running or does it only run off the engine? In other words, does the engine need to be on to power the AC when driving? Thanks.
When you use the function off of the key fob I think it just runs the fans to circulate the air in the car. The air conditioning compressor is still run off of the gas engine. When it shuts off at a stoplight the car will restart itself based on the automatic climate control if it needs to run the AC at that time
Well that's pretty dumb of Subaru, kinda defeats the purpose of having an "electric only" option... smh
The Crosstrek PHEV uses a heat pump powered by a high RPM electric motor for both cabin heat and AC, it runs when in full EV mode and does not depend on the gas engine to work. One of the great things about the system in cold weather is that you don't have to wait for the gas engine to warm up to heat the cabin, it blows hot air almost immediately when you set the climate control for heat. When heating or cooling the cabin remotely with the MySubaru app it runs the electric heat pump for up to 20 minutes but the gas engine will run if there isn't enough power left in the high voltage battery. We've owned one for over a year and we love it.
Thank you for clarifying Tim! I was selling Subarus when these things came out but they gave us basically no training on them.
@@CarDietrich You're welcome. Our dealership didn't get much training on them either.
Great review! Thank you 🙏
The fact the trunk had that lip... a no go for me...
How long can the climate control stay on with the car off
Who would de horse u that person is awful
I hope you weren't too hard on this car
As far as charging schedule goes. If I don't set one up, will I be able to charge whenever I please? Also, the control button under the steering wheel toggles through a few things on the dash. what do each of those slides mean/used for? and lastly, can you explain the "B" mode little more in depth? Great video btw!
If you don't set a charging schedule the car will just start charging when I plug it in. Unfortunately I don't have one of these cars at hand right now to go through whatever is on the dash, and it would probably be hard to explain it in text anyway. When you put the car in "B" mode you are telling it to use its electric motor to help you slow down. The benefits of this are mainly going to be seen in town, because it will slow down more when you take your foot off of the gas pedal, and some of that kinetic energy will be recaptured and put into the battery, and then used to accelerate, so you will save gas. On the highway it might not be as beneficial, because you will slow down from highway speed more rapidly and then need to use more energy either from the battery or the gas engine to get back up to speed.
Hi, yes we can save fuel but how about the electric bills? How much does it usually adds on your monthly electric bills.
The general rule of thumb is that it is cheaper per mile to charge an electric car and drive it than to pay for gasoline. So yes, your electric bill will go up but you're still saving money over paying for gas
If it had the electric range of a gen 2 Chevy Volt, then it would be a hit👍still a nice car, and could work for lots of people’s commute✌️
My guess is if they offered the range that the Chevy gives, the price would go up over $45K. Chevy discontinued the Volt, partly due to its lack of profitability. Its sales weren't good either, but I feel like even if they were, my guess is they would have to actually sell the car around $50K to be profitable.
The average person does around 35-40 miles per day. If you're driving to a train station, then hopping on a train (and plugging in your car), you can probably get through the day without ever touching the gas, especially if you drive with regen braking. But I agree, 50 miles of range would have been so sweet. I'd pay $3K extra for that.
How long you can use combine use mixture of gasoline and electric together after the charge is done
Until you run out of gas. Technically you don't ever have to plug it in, you can just run it on gas. But you'll get the best fuel efficiency if you charge it from the plug as often as possible
i liked your vid
My owners manual says the “B” braking drive is only for speeds under 25 mph. Maybe that’s different than the 2019?
Could be. I was selling Subarus and when these things came out they gave is basically no training on them, so most of this stuff I had to figure out on my own. I only really played with the "B" mode in city driving.
@Lori Lomas We have a 2019 and I just double checked the 2020 manual online. I suspect you have "B" mode on the select lever (simulated engine braking) confused with X-Mode. X-Mode is only for speeds under 25 mph, although hill descent control cuts off at 12 mph. There is no speed limitation for "B" mode which automatically applies a certain amount of regenerative braking for extended steep downhill grades (pg. 310).
Wow very interesting! We don’t have these in Florida
Yeah I think its available in only seven states, California and six more in the northeast. Thanks for watching!
I want this car but currently can’t find anyone in socal selling it
They've been in extremely short supply for a while now, if you want one you are probably going to have to order it and wait for a few months. You're not likely to find one sitting on a dealer lot
@@CarDietrich i tried to factory order fr a dealer in Valencia Ca and said they can’t, instead offered me the regular crosstreks in their lot.
Is it possible to order a retractable cargo cover instead of what is provided? Not really a fan of that thing!
Unfortunately no, they don't make a retractable cargo cover for the Crosstrek hybrid
@@CarDietrich Thank you!! that's frustrating it's not compatible! Could end up being a dealbreaker for me (as well as the small truck space to begin with). If it weren't for those two concerns I'd be moving forward with a purchase.
Can the cross track hybrid be ordered in any color?
No, they only come in Crystal White, Crystal Black, Cool Gray Khaki, and Lagoon Blue, which is unique to the hybrids and the color shown here.
Great Video! TYVM
You're welcome thank you for watching!
good job, but, I didn't hear what the real gas consumption is at long distances, does it make sense to overpay for a hybrid model
Looking at it strictly from a cost/benefit perspective, the only way the Hybrid Crosstrek might make sense is if you can charge the car at home and most of your driving is short trips around town that could be done mostly via pure electric driving in between charges. Where I live in California the Plug-In Hybrid model qualifies for access to the carpool lane, which is honestly why most people buy them here.
@@CarDietrich Thank you :) I didn't quite understand why charging from the outlet is so neccessary? Second battery can be charged on the road from recuperation. How is such a charge different from a "home" one? The most important question is, how does this model achieve 90 miles per gallon? After all, 38 and 90 are a huge difference! What exactly makes such savings ?? Have you recorded 90 on your Crosstrek?
I don't own a Crosstrek hybrid, I just reviewed one and sold them at a Subaru dealer before I got laid off from Covid. Plugging it into the wall and charging it is superior to just using the gas motor because the electricity from the wall is cheaper to buy than gasoline. The US EPA rates it at "90 MPGe," that little "e" stands for equivalent, which is based on how much the electricity would cost vs. a gallon of gas and how far that electricity would get you. Obviously this is an estimation because if the price of gas or your electric rates go up or down it would change the whole thing. But this is the standard by which plug-in hybrids and electric cars are judged in the US, at least by applying the same equation to all the different models a person can compare and try to figure out what the best value is for them. As far as the actual MPG of a Crosstrek Hybrid, I did sell one to guy who kept detailed records and charged it every day, and after a couple thousand miles he was averaging a legit 68 miles per gallon of gasoline. You would never get close to that if you didn't charge it all the time like he did.
@@CarDietrich it's so nice to get a detailed answer :) thanks for your work and for your attention
My pleasure thank you for watching!
Want one but 17 miles only on electric is way too little for most people. It would be a hassle to constantly plug in this car to try and top off the battery each time you drive it somewhere to get some extra range. 50 miles on a single charge will be adequate for most people as a daily driver because it would allow enough range for most people to drive to work and then run errands after or for use on the weekends to get things done. And possibly just enough charge to last one extra day if you forgot to plug it in the night before or you jave enough charge left so you just need to top it off for just a short time. A 50 mile range PHEV would pretty much render you mostly free of using gas. It would be the best of both worlds like owning a fully electric vehicle and gas vehicle all in one.
Just buy an electric car then lol
@@jjjcmzzt an all electric car would dictate where I can go for long trips and I don't want to waste time sitting to charge it. And what if I forgot to plug it in and needed to use it? I would only get a fully electric car as a second vehicle and not my only vehicle. It's great for an everyday around town or short round trips but not for someone who likes long roadtrips and want to be able to go anywhere they want. Different strokes for different folks.
@@bubbalo3388 my point is I don’t think you are considering how much space a battery with 50+ mile range would be for the crosstrek hybrid. Since any hybrid still has the traditional gas system, PLUS the battery, they have to sacrifice more space in other places. Subaru unfortunately stuck the battery in the trunk. So any battery with 3 times the mileage of the 17 mile battery in the hybrid would take up more than half the trunk. It wound render your trunk useless for cargo, and weigh down your vehicle by several hundred extra pounds. So my point is that while it would be convenient for more electric range, if you want significant electric only range you should just get an electric car. Or look into like a ford escape PHEV, which has significantly more range, but is nothing like the AWD crosstrek.
@@jjjcmzzt oh I get that. I know that there are sacrifices for battery sizes. And the regular gas Crosstrek already has a tiny trunk to begin with and slapping a battery in there doesn't help and a larger battery would take up the whole trunk as the car was not designed as a hybrid to begin with and they just Mickey moused one in there.
I like the Crosstrek but obviously to get more range they would have to put in a larger battery and grow the size of the vehicle or sacrifice space and the larger the battery the more cost with current technology. What I am saying is I would like a PHEV with at least 50 plus electric may it be the Crosstrek or another vehicle which is the best of both worlds for most people to use pretty much electric and no gas as an everyday driver. With a small range of like 17 you are basically hauling dead weight around when the range depletes until you charge it again. And with a PHEV I can use gas if need be. And the expensive extra cost for a hybrid version over an all gas version for example will take an average driver about 7 years or so to recoup the difference to just break even. So these things aren't saving you money in gas for a short term owner. And that's not taking into account for battery degradation and exorbitant cost to replace them if they fail.
Also electric capable cars may they be all electric or not are more for environmental conscious people and that's also out for debate.
Hope they come out with a Forester PHEV soon. This is cool, but a little small for my preference.
I'd like to see that too, I'd ever settle for the e-boxer mild hybrid they sell in other parts of the world, but I'm not sure they'll bring that here anytime soon either.
It’s a tough call. I want to support the PHEV cause and help advance the technology forward. I would probably buy the Crosstrek Hybrid when my lease is up if the Forester doesn’t offer a hybrid or PH. The tough question is mild hybrid Forester or PH Crosstrek... hopefully they’ll have something to offer next summer to compete with the RAV4 Prime...
I am kind of in the same boat as you, my lease on my 2017 STI is up in April and I'm torn on what to do. I like the PHEV concept too but need AWD and I don't want a Prius. There is a possibility I might just get an Impreza and get better MPG that way and see what happens in three years.
Interesting video....we are very happy with our Prius 3 Touring, and not worried, due to it being a Toyota. Thanks.
Thank you for watching Darrell!
LOL its almost 40k and has less cargo area and no spare?
Who would you ever buy this? At least Nancy Pelosi is happy
68 miles per gallon of gasoline with regular charging real world according to one of my customers.
Sad you have to bring politics into everything. Sad life. And this is a great car.