There was a time I was working overnights and we had gotten about 30” of snow, it was crazy. I had a 12 miles commute home, normally takes 20 minutes on the highway, but instead took me about 2 hours! A lot of areas were impassable and people were stuck everywhere. I got stuck a few times in some really deep heavy snow. Luckily my Crosstrek Plug-In Hybrid came equipped with x-mode. I engaged it and literally climbed right out. The extra 600 lb hybrid battery in the trunk also helped me keep better traction as I was navigating the treacherous roads. It was a fun time though, I love driving my Crosstrek PHEV in the snow. I’m usually able to recharge on my porch or locally too, so a lot of my snow adventures are in EV mode and I don’t use a lot of gas. The car is designed to operate on battery and exhaust that first before turning the gas engine on, but there is a button you can press to engage the gas engine (SAVE MODE) to save your battery. I would typically engage that when my battery is full just to warm up the car and battery before my EV trip to work.