Electric vehicles get spotlight at Los Angeles Auto Show

Battery-powered vehicles volition get apical billing astatine the Los Angeles Auto Show, which opens this week aft a year's hiatus owed to the caller coronavirus.

Subaru, which has seen beardown income maturation successful the U.S. during the past decade, volition unveil its archetypal all-electric vehicle, a smallish SUV named the Solterra.

VinFast, a Vietnamese automaker that plans to commencement selling successful the U.S. adjacent year, volition amusement disconnected 2 all-electric SUVs.

Auto shows person been waning successful value due to the fact that car companies person decided to debar the expenses and unveil vehicles astatine their ain events. Automakers showing caller vehicles person lone 10 quality conferences planned for the L.A. amusement this year, galore from electrical conveyance startups. In 2019, the amusement said it had 25 planetary reveals from automakers.

But the shows are inactive large big draws for customers successful metro areas who privation to spot what's new, each successful 1 place.

Subaru's Solterra, astir the size of a Forester gas-powered SUV, tin spell astir 220 miles (350 kilometers) connected a azygous charge, and volition person the brand's trademark all-wheel-drive to spell disconnected the roadworthy and grip inclement weather.

The automaker says the Solterra's lithium-ion artillery tin beryllium charged with location alternating existent chargers and besides has the quality to grip DC accelerated charging connected the road. Its electrical centrifugal puts retired 215 horsepower.

• Attendees instrumentality a person look astatine the 2023 Subaru Solterra EV astatine the AutoMobility LA car amusement Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2021, successful Los Angeles. Credit: AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez

• Karim Habib, caput of Kia's Global plan Center, introduces Kia's EV9 conception conveyance astatine the AutoMobility LA car amusement Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2021, successful Los Angeles. Credit: AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez

• Cars from assorted automakers are displayed astatine the AutoMobility LA car amusement Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2021, successful Los Angeles. Credit: AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez

• Russell Wager, Vice President of Marketing for Kia America, introduces the Kia Sportage HEV astatine the AutoMobility LA car amusement Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2021, successful Los Angeles. Credit: AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez

• Russell Wager, Vice President of Marketing for Kia America, introduces the Kia Sportage HEV astatine the AutoMobility LA car amusement Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2021, successful Los Angeles. Credit: AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez

• The 2023 Subaru Solterra EV is introduced astatine the AutoMobility LA car amusement Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2021, successful Los Angeles. Credit: AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez

• Cars from assorted automakers are displayed astatine the AutoMobility LA car amusement Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2021, successful Los Angeles. Credit: AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez

• Tom Doll, President and CEO of Subaru of America, Inc. introduces the 2023 Subaru Solterra EV astatine the AutoMobility LA car amusement Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2021, successful Los Angeles. Credit: AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez

Subaru says the five-passenger Solterra volition spell connected merchantability sometime adjacent year. The terms was not released.

Vietnam's VinFast plans to present the VF e35 midsize and VF e36 ample electrical SUVs astatine the show.

Show promoters accidental it volition person much test-drive opportunities than astatine past shows, including an indoor electrical conveyance trial way arsenic good arsenic outdoor trial drives.

Press days for the amusement are Wednesday and Thursday, and it opens to the nationalist from Nov. 19-28.

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