2026 · ARIYA FWD 87kWh
Side by side · 2026 and 2027
Nissan ARIYAvsSubaru Solterra
289 mi EPA · 48 min 10–80%288 mi EPA · 33 min 10–80%
vs
The Nissan ARIYA is rated 289 miles on the EPA test, the Subaru Solterra 288. A 10–80% stop takes 48 minutes in the Nissan ARIYA and 33 in the Subaru Solterra. Every figure below names the version of the car it belongs to, and the three tools further down turn the same numbers into a charging race, a road trip and a yearly bill.
At a glance
Nissan ARIYA · ARIYA FWD 87kWh
289mi EPA
48min 10–80%
$39,770from
Subaru Solterra · Solterra AWD
288mi EPA
33min 10–80%
$38,495from
The short answer
The Subaru Solterra turns the same electricity into more miles.
1
The Nissan ARIYA is rated 289 miles against 288 — 1 miles, 0% further. It uses 34.4 kWh to cover 100 miles where the Subaru Solterra needs 28.
2
A 10–80% stop takes 33 minutes in the Subaru Solterra and 48 in the Nissan ARIYA. On a 50 kW post it is 73 and 54 minutes, so most of the advantage disappears at a slow site.
3
The Nissan ARIYA is rated to tow 3,307 lb against 1,653 lb.
Which one, in one line
Pick the Subaru Solterra ifit wins on running cost (28 kWh per 100 miles against 34.4), charging (33 minutes against 48), space (15.6 cu ft of boot against 14.7 cu ft).
The priceThe Subaru Solterra is the cheaper to buy, listed from $38,495; both are US list prices before tax, delivery and incentives.
2027 · Solterra AWD
Subaru Solterra
SUV · 64 kWh usable · CCS1
- EPA range
- 288mi
- Efficiency
- 3.58mi/kWh
- DC peak
- 147kW
- Boot
- 15.6cu ft
Charging, raced
Two cars, one post, same clock
Charging speed is a station number and a car number, and the smaller one wins. Set the post and both cars fill against the same clock — the interesting part is not who wins, it is how much of the gap a slow post takes away.
Each car is modelled on its own published 10–80% time, which gives an average power over that window: 76 kW for the Nissan ARIYA, 81 kW for the Subaru Solterra. A post above that average changes nothing; a post below it sets the pace.
Subaru SolterraCCS133min
Nissan ARIYACCS148min
At 150 kW, going from 10% to 80% takes 48 min in the Nissan ARIYA and 33 min in the Subaru Solterra — a gap of 15 minutes. Both cars are limited by their own packs at this post, so a bigger station would change nothing.
Every figure
The numbers, with the version attached
A tick marks a figure that is simply more useful — more range, less energy per mile, a faster stop. Rows without a tick are different, not better: a bigger battery, a longer wheelbase and a wider body are all trades, and this page does not pretend otherwise.
| Measure | Nissan ARIYA | Subaru Solterra |
|---|---|---|
| Range and efficiency | ||
| EPA range | 289 mi✓2026 ARIYA FWD 87kWh | 288 mi2027 Solterra AWD |
| EPA efficiency | 2.91 mi/kWh | 3.58 mi/kWh✓ |
| Energy per 100 miles | 34.4 kWh | 28 kWh✓ |
| Battery, usable | 87 kWhNissan Ariya e-4ORCE 87kWh - 290 kW | 64 kWhSubaru Solterra AWD (MY22-25) |
| Range left in the cold | 56%modelled envelope | 57%modelled envelope |
| Charging | ||
| DC peak | 130 kW | 147 kW✓ |
| 10–80% at peak | 48 min | 33 min✓ |
| Average power, 10–80%(derived) | 76 kW | 81 kW✓ |
| AC maximum | 7.4 kW✓ | 6.6 kW |
| Full charge on 240 V | 14 h | 8 h✓ |
| Fast-charge plug | CCS1 | CCS1 |
| Size and weight | ||
| Length | 180.9 in | 184.6 in |
| Width with mirrors | 85.5 in | — |
| Height | 65.4 in | 65 in |
| Wheelbase | 109.3 in | 112.2 in |
| Kerb weight | 5,055 lb | 4,597 lb |
| Space and practicality | ||
| Seats | 5 | 5 |
| Boot, seats up | 14.7 cu ft | 15.6 cu ft✓ |
| Front trunk | 0 cu ft | 0 cu ft |
| Maximum cargo | 47.7 cu ft✓ | 27.7 cu ft |
| Towing, braked | 3,307 lb✓ | 1,653 lb |
| Heat pump | Standard Equipment | Standard Equipment |
| Performance and safety | ||
| Power | 290 kW✓ | 160 kW |
| 0–100 km/h | 5.1 s✓ | 6.9 s |
| Euro NCAP stars | 5 | 5 |
| Battery warranty | 8 years / 99,419 mi8 years / 160,000 km | 8 years / 99,419 mi8 years / 160,000 km |
| V2L / V2H | Not supported | Not supported |
| Price | ||
| Starts at | $39,770US list price | $38,495✓US list price |
| Top version | $54,370 | $38,495✓ |
| Per mile of range | $184cheapest version | $134✓cheapest version |
How to read the mixed rows. Range and efficiency come from one EPA row — the longest-range version of each car's current model year, not the longest range it has ever been rated at. Battery, charging and the catalogue dimensions come from the catalogue's headline record, which is not always the same trim. Each of those rows names its trim where the two disagree, and the model pages carry the full per-trim table.
What the cold row is not. “Range left in the cold” is the catalogue's modelled cold-highway figure as a share of its mild-urban one — a European model, not an EPA test in US weather. It is shown as a share rather than in miles so it cannot be mistaken for a US range rating.
Euro NCAP is the European crash programme; NHTSA and IIHS ratings are not in this dataset and are not claimed here. Warranty terms are the catalogue's kilometre figures converted to miles, so read them as indicative until a US warranty source replaces them.
Your numbers
What this pair costs you, on your drive
Two questions decide most purchases: how often you stop, and what the year costs. Both are arithmetic on the figures above, so change the inputs and the answer changes with you.
The drive
Starts full, arrives at 10%, charges back to 80% at each stop, and assumes a highway range of 85% of the EPA figure.
- Nissan ARIYA
- 3
- Subaru Solterra
- 3
stops · 144 min charging
stops · 99 min charging
The year
Energy at the wheels from the EPA label, priced at the tariff you pay. Home charging is usually cheaper than the directory's median.
- Nissan ARIYA
- $1,444
- Subaru Solterra
- $1,174
$12 per 100 mi
$10 per 100 mi
The trip model ignores charger detours, queueing and the last 10% of the pack, which is slow on both cars. The yearly cost is energy only: no session fees, no idle fees, no home-charger installation, and no petrol car to compare against.
Your priorities
A verdict you can argue with
There is no single winner, only a winner for a set of priorities. Move the sliders and the weighting changes — nothing here is a magazine score, and the page never hides the numbers it is built from.
Weighted result
Subaru Solterra
wins 4 of 7 measures on these weights
Nissan ARIYA33%
Subaru Solterra67%
Each measure is scaled between the two cars, so a weight of 5 means “this is the thing I care about” and 0 means “I do not care at all”. The scores are relative, not a rating out of ten.
Questions
Short answers, then the reasoning
Every figure here comes from the same data as the rest of the page. Where the data cannot answer, the page says so instead of guessing.
Still unsure about a term? The charging glossary covers the rest of them.
Which has more range, the Nissan ARIYA or the Subaru Solterra?
The Nissan ARIYA. The Nissan ARIYA is rated 289 miles and the Subaru Solterra 288, each on the longest-range version of its current model year — 2026 ARIYA FWD 87kWh and 2027 Solterra AWD respectively. EPA figures are lab scores from one standard test, not a promise for a cold morning or a steady 75 mph.
Which charges faster?
The Subaru Solterra. Going from 10% to 80% takes 48 minutes in the Nissan ARIYA (130 kW peak) and 33 in the Subaru Solterra (147 kW peak). At a slow post the station becomes the limit and the gap narrows, because the slower car is short of power rather than short of time.
Do they use the same plug?
Yes. Both list CCS1 for DC fast charging, so either car can use the same sites without an adapter. An adapter still cannot raise the power a car will accept.
Which is cheaper to run?
The Subaru Solterra, by about $769.91 a year at 12,000 miles and $0.35 per kWh. It uses 28 kWh per 100 miles against 34.4. That is energy only, at the wheels: session fees, idle fees and home-charger installation are not in it.
Which has more space?
The Subaru Solterra: 14.7 cu ft of boot against 15.6 cu ft. Boot volumes are measured by different conventions between makers, so read the direction as reliable and the exact size of the gap as indicative.
Which is cheaper to buy?
The Subaru Solterra is the cheaper of the two to buy, listed from $38,495.00 against $39,770.00 for the Nissan ARIYA — $1,275.00 between the two starting prices. Both are manufacturer list prices before sales tax, destination and delivery charges, options and incentives, so a dealer's number will differ; these are US list prices from the manufacturers' own price lists, not the catalogue's European figures.
Other comparisons
All comparisonsEvery figure on this page comes from the same records the Nissan ARIYA and Subaru Solterra pages use. How the sources are chosen, and what a figure here never claims, is on the methodology page.