Canada Solterra model details

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We purchase a 2026 Solterra Tech today. We take delivery Saturday AM. We test drove it today and were very impressed. My wife particularly liked the rectangle steering wheel because it enabled her to see more of the displays. We went with the Tech as it has the radiant heater (which we will maybe use 3 days a year up here in the interior) as well as the normal heat pump, which today seemed more powerful than our Kona one.
The Canadian version (at least right now) does not come with a granny charger or CCS or J adapters so I order the J adapter from Grizzl-e (who makes our L2 charger) and the A2Z CCS to NACS adapter, which is currently on Black Friday sale on their web site. The instruction manual is 2 inches thick, so there is lots of reading to do. Our daughter with the 2025 Forrester with help us with the Subaru way.
 
Congrats on the new car. I've had my 2023 for almost 3 years now. It has been great for me, esp for off-road to our cabin. The slow fast DC charging is not an issue for me, as I have another EV (Ioniq 6) that we use for longer road trips. Don't have the radiant heater, and not sure why it is needed. We have been in really cold winter weather with it here in BC and going up into the mountains, but the normal heater has always worked well to keep us warm.

You should have got a granny charger with the car. We did, and others that I know did. Are you sure it isn't hidden somewhere? There are hidden storage areas in the back.
 
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No apparently in Canada the 2026 does not come with a granny charger although it does in the US. It's not really an issue. The one that came with the Kona has not come out the trunk since we put in a L2 charger in the garage 2 years ago. Our normal routes have lots of CCS & NACS L3's, so the CCS to NACS adapter is important for that as well as the J to NACS adapter which we need for our garage as well as our daughters place in Vancouver
 
Well we have been driving the 2026 Solterra for 7 days now. Overall we love the car. A couple of observations:
1. Tested the Tesla App today. It is way more user friendly than all of the other charging apps we have. It does, like gas pumps do, charge a $20 deposit when you start but that drops off shortly after the charging complete
2. The Subaru App, so far, appears to be inferior to the Hyundai one, as far as being useful
3. The cables at the Tesla charging location here in Penticton are about 18 inches short, even though the charging port is on the right side, so you have to (here at least) park like a bit of a jerk
4. First world problem. The regen reverts to minimum when you turn the car off, so if you are like us, who drive at maximum regen, you need to reset it every time you start the car
5. The dual zone climate control and radiant (infrared) heater work well, once you understand how the system works. There is a great option so that the car doesn't turn on the passenger heat unless someone is in the passenger seat. Sort of the the Kona "drivers side only" button, only more eligant.
 
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