I feel like I'm in a Solterra information desert: no new info in US news; no new info in Japanese; dismal production numbers for Subaru in Japan (Subaru Corporation Announces Production, Japan Sales and Export Results for February 2022 | NewsRelease | Subaru Corporation).
A ray of sunshine might be that the yen is at a six year low as compared to the dollar (Japan, US to communicate closely on FX as yen hits 6-year low). Might Subaru keep the price of the Solterra lower because it was produced in Japan? Or is it more likely that Subaru will take advantage of the yen/dollar exchange rate and use the windfall to placate US Subaru Retailers?
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I have another hobby. Every once in a while, the Japanese companies for this hobby have their engineers write in depth manuals on their hardware. Not shiny marketing glossies. Here's an example of one: https://www.kenwood.com/usa/Support/pdf/TS-480 In-Depth-Manual.pdf
Hey Torque News writer, if you are reading this, could you reach out to Subaru of America and ask them to ask Subaru's engineers in Japan to write an in depth technical document about the Solterra, perhaps discussing some of the design decisions that were made? Not IP info, but it'd be nice to read what Subaru's engineers think of the Solterra. (Yes, I've seen one Subaru On Tube video with a couple of Subaru engineers, but it was mostly fluff.)
A ray of sunshine might be that the yen is at a six year low as compared to the dollar (Japan, US to communicate closely on FX as yen hits 6-year low). Might Subaru keep the price of the Solterra lower because it was produced in Japan? Or is it more likely that Subaru will take advantage of the yen/dollar exchange rate and use the windfall to placate US Subaru Retailers?
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I have another hobby. Every once in a while, the Japanese companies for this hobby have their engineers write in depth manuals on their hardware. Not shiny marketing glossies. Here's an example of one: https://www.kenwood.com/usa/Support/pdf/TS-480 In-Depth-Manual.pdf
Hey Torque News writer, if you are reading this, could you reach out to Subaru of America and ask them to ask Subaru's engineers in Japan to write an in depth technical document about the Solterra, perhaps discussing some of the design decisions that were made? Not IP info, but it'd be nice to read what Subaru's engineers think of the Solterra. (Yes, I've seen one Subaru On Tube video with a couple of Subaru engineers, but it was mostly fluff.)