I find this baffling. In Spokane, we have ice on the side streets months at a time, weeks at a time it's everywhere, every kind of condition, packed snow, black ice, slush on top of ice, everything. The Y is as good as our 2014 Subaru Outback was, in a lot of ways, much better. We have very sticky studless snow tires, I forget exactly which ones, but they are among the best.
I learned in a few blocks never to just lift off the go pedal suddenly (unless I want to have some fun). I just feather it, and I can find exactly the regen I need for the conditions. We drive up and down a mountain to the Nordic Ski area almost every weekend, the roads are steep, twisty and icy. We do go pretty slow on the ice, but not grandma slow.
Been driving in the snow for almost 20 years, in 3 different Subarus, 2 trucks, an old minivan and several front wheel drive sedans. The Y is better than most, in my opinion.