Jeep Electrification Plans
Jeep named September 8th ‘4xe Day’ and dropped a video previewing the brand’s electrification plan.
Included in their plan is an announcement to have electrified offerings across their portfolio by the end of 2025. This suggests a 4xe, plug-in hybrid, version of each model. In that same time, Jeep will be offering 4 all-electric models as well. Three were announced in today’s video.
Jeep 4xe Day announcement video
Jeep Avenger EV - On Sale in Europe in 2023
Starting off the all-electric push is the Europe-only Jeep Avenger compact crossover. It makes sense this model may come to the US to replace the Renegade, perhaps with a plug-in version. Avenger goes on sale in 2023.
In it’s initial form, the Avenger will have a 400km range which would make it competitive with small electrics like the Chevy Bolt and their recently announced Equinox EV.
Jeep Wagoneer S EV - On Sale in 2024 with up to 600hp and 400 miles of range
2024 will be a busy year for Jeep with a 4xe version of the Wagoneer as well as 2 other all-electric models.
One is an electric Wagoneer called, for now, the Wagoneer S that will offer up to 600hp, 400 miles of range, and 0-60 in 3.5 seconds. While the Wagoneer S shares a name with the recently released Wagoneer and Grand Wagoneer, it is obvious that the electric model is a new platform, sharing no body panels with the gas offerings.
That same year, Jeep expects to debut the Jeep Recon which provides door-off out-door fun with retractible roof and removable doors and windows as well. The overall design comes across somewhat as Wrangler meets Bronco, which leaves Jeep plenty of room to show off a 4th electric Jeep in the future that will almost certainly be the all-electric Wrangler that has been teased in Moab concepts for the last two years.
Jeep’s electric push shows that the company hasn’t been sitting idly by waiting to see if the move to electrification was going to be a fad, given that having products ready to go in 2023 and 2024 means they have been working quietly for years to get these new names/platforms ready to go.
It will be an exciting time be a Jeep fan for the rest of the decade.
Jeep will be holding a press conference on September 14th at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. UOwCars will be there to report on any details that Jeep drops and if that electric Wrangler gets shown or teased.
Jeep Recon EV - open air off-roading in a package with retractable roof and removable doors and windows - but leaving plenty of room for an electric Wrangler