Between now and 2025, Jeep will launch four electric models. The first of them, the newly introduced Avenger, is a barely 4.08 meter long SUV intended mainly for the European market. In 2024 it will be joined by the Recon and the Wagoneer S, while in 2025 it will be the turn of the company’s best-seller, the popular Compass.
In markets like Europe, Jeep will only offer 100% electric cars from 2030. For this reason, the next Renegade (2026) will do without internal combustion engines. Apparently, something similar will happen with the wranglerthe most iconic model in its lineup, which will receive a zero-emission version throughout the year 2027.
Although in regions like the United States it will continue to be available with thermal engines, only electric will reach our roads, since the group stellantis It has promised that all the new models it launches in our market from 2026 onwards will be electric. Initially, his latest proposal with both types of mechanics will be the aforementioned Compass.
The CEO of Jeep himself, Christian Meunier, has announced that the American firm is already working on an electric Wrangler. In the absence of confirmation, we can expect it to settle on the platform STLA Frame, since it will have a chassis with stringers and crossbars. This architecture will also be used by RAM in its pick-ups.
The electric Jeep Wrangler could sit on the STLA Frame platform
According to Meunier, the electric Wrangler will be even better off-road than the thermal one. To exemplify its capabilities, it has taken the scoring system as a reference Trail Rating from Jeep. “The Trail Rating is a scale up to 10. At 10 is the two-door Wrangler Rubicon, the five-door Wrangler Rubicon is at 9.
The Renegade starts at 4. With the next generation Wrangler, we want to bring the Trail Rating to 12. Electrification doesn’t stop us from doing anything when it comes to off-road driving.” The executive says the additional torque will allow for smoother, more precise driving, enhancing the Wrangler’s off-road capabilities.
Jeep has already shown several previews of the new electric Wrangler through the different Magneto prototypes, presented during the Easter Jeep Safari event in Moab (Utah) in its 2021 (Magneto 1.0 Concept), 2022 (Magneto 2.0 Concept) and 2023 (Magneto 3.0 Concept) editions. All of them mount a conventional transmission system that will surely not reach the Wrangler as standard, since Jeep will probably bet on a configuration dual engine, tri engine or even quad enginesuch as the Mercedes-Benz EQG.
Source | auto express
