Jeep declares an all-electric Wrangler-inspired SUV as one of four new EVs by 2025

Jeep intends to launch four new all-electric SUVs in North America by 2025, including a luxury Grand Wagoneer and a Wrangler-inspired off-road vehicle called the Recon.

Jeep plans to bring out three new all-electric SUVs

Jeep will bring out three new all-electric SUVs over the next few years as it advances toward selling just electric vehicles in Europe by 2030 and having half its sales in the US be all-electric by then, as well.

The quintessential American SUV brand declared the new vehicles Thursday alongside plans for half of its U.S. sales, and its European sales, to be all-electric vehicles by 2030. The sales targets are in accordance with earlier ones declared by Jeep’s parent organization, Stellantis.

Jeep leaders said the new EV models will be augmentations to the brand’s lineup, not substitutions for current models like its flagship Wrangler off-road SUV.

The declarations make for Jeep’s most detailed and aggressive electrification plans to date. Beforehand, the brand was to a great extent focusing on plug-in hybrid electric vehicles that offer all-electric driving notwithstanding a traditional internal combustion engine.

“Our goal is very clear: Become the global leader in SUV electrification,” Jeep CEO Christian Meunier said during a media briefing. The organization intends to achieve that goal by 2025.

The Recon – a “brother” to the Wrangler – and the electric Grand Wagoneer, called the “S,” are expected to go into production in 2024, Jeep said.

Executives for the off-road SUV brand likewise showed that all the more fully electric SUVs will be uncovered soon. Jeep now offers two plug-in hybrid models in the US, the Wrangler 4xe and the Grand Cherokee 4xe. The Wrangler 4xe is, by a long shot, the best-selling plug-in hybrid vehicle in America. In Europe, Jeep additionally has available plug-in hybrid versions of the Jeep Wrangler and Compass small SUVs.

With a history tracing all the way back to World War II, the SUV-only Jeep brand is currently part of Stellantis, alongside brands like Chrysler, Dodge, Fiat, and Citroën. It has for some time been related to off-road capability and outdoor recreation, and as needs are, that is a major part of what it’s focusing with its first electric offerings.

In North America, Jeep will offer the Recon, a Jeep Wrangler-like off-road vehicle, and similar to the traditional Jeep Wrangler, it’ll come total with removable doors and an enormous cloth sunroof that permits almost the whole roof to be opened. The Recon may be accessible as an electric vehicle, as per Jeep. It will have a storage area under the hood where the engine would usually be in a gas-powered SUV. All relevant info on the vehicle will be given at some point one year from now and it’s planned to go into production in 2024.

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While it’s like the Wrangler, the Recon won’t promptly supplant that vehicle, said Christian Meunier, worldwide top of the Jeep brand.

“The Wrangler stays the Wrangler,” he said, calling it “the icon of the brand.”

The new Jeep electric vehicles all have some version of Jeep’s popular “seven-slot grille” despite the fact that electric vehicles don’t actually require grilles. The design element points to the delicate balance between Jeep’s long heritage as a rugged off-road brand and the future demands for environmental sensitivity.

The automaker is focusing on a range of 400 miles on a single charge, 600 horsepower, and a 0-60 mph time of around 3.5 seconds for the electric Grand Wagoneer S. The brand didn’t declare performance expectations for the Recon beyond saying it will offer Wrangler-like off-road capability.

Jeep will likewise offer a new bigger electric SUV the brand has code-named the Wagoneer S. This vehicle will have a “unique, sleek aerodynamic design and 4×4 capability as standard,” Jeep declared. The 600-horsepower SUV will actually want to travel 400 miles on a charge and will be ready to go from zero to 60 miles an hour in 3.5 seconds, as per Jeep. Its plan consolidates a large rear wing over a slanting backend.

Jeep likewise plans to offer four new EVs in Europe by 2025, including a small SUV called the Avenger that won’t be sold in the U.S. Meunier declined to say the number of the vehicles would be sold in both North America and Europe.

The Avenger, which is more modest than the brand’s entry-level Jeep Renegade, will show up in European showrooms in mid-2023, as per the organization.

Jeep plans for each vehicle in its lineup to offer some type of “electrification” by 2025. That could incorporate hybrid, plug-in hybrid electric, or all-electric models. The organization declined to gauge which part of its sales will be powered by traditional gasoline-powered engines by 2025 or 2030.

Jeep right now offers plug-in hybrid electric versions of its Wrangler and Grand Cherokee in the U.S. The vehicles can travel in all-electric mode before an internal combustion engine kicks on to power the vehicles. The 4×4 electrified models are badged “4xe,” a play on the brand’s off-road reputation combined with electrification.

“This is just the beginning of an exciting new chapter,” said Jim Morrison, head of the Jeep brand in North America. “4xe is the new 4×4.”

Jeep-parent Stellantis’ overall electrification strategy incorporates investing 30 billion euros, presently worth $30.1 billion, in electric vehicles and supporting technologies through 2025. The organization hopes to have 55 electric vehicles in the U.S. and Europe by 2025 – – 40 every electric model and 15 plug-in hybrid electric vehicles.

In Europe, Jeep will offer the Avenger, a compact electric SUV smaller than the flow Jeep Renegade, the smallest model Jeep offers in the US. Jeep anticipates that the Avenger should have the option to drive similar to 400 kilometers, or almost 249 miles, prior to expecting to recharge. Jeep likewise guarantees great off-road maneuverability for a vehicle of its size. The Avenger will be divulged at the Paris Motor Show in October, as per Jeep.

Jeep additionally plans to introduce 80 solar-powered electric vehicle chargers on off-road trails around the United States, Meunier said. Up until this point, four have been installed however the organization plans to expand the speed of establishments, he said.