{"id":1572,"date":"2021-08-30T10:20:54","date_gmt":"2021-08-30T10:20:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/?p=1572"},"modified":"2021-08-30T10:20:54","modified_gmt":"2021-08-30T10:20:54","slug":"jeep-veep-says-good-chance-electric-wrangler-is-coming-in-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/?p=1572","title":{"rendered":"Jeep veep says ‘good chance’ electric Wrangler is coming in 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Return of the Jeep Wagoneer<\/h4>\n

Jeep has brought back the Wagoneer and Grand Wagoneer names on a new line of full-size SUVs, and Jeep VP Jim Morrison tells The Fox Garage there’s much more on the horizon for the off-road brand.<\/p>\n

Jeep has confirmed it will have an all-electric model in its lineup by 2023, but what will it be?<\/p>\n

The automaker currently sells the plug-in hybrid Wrangler 4xe in the U.S. along with the Compass and Renegade 4xe overseas and recently revealed a full electric vehicle will be available somewhere in two years, but nothing about it.<\/p>\n

Signs point to it being a small model sharing a platform with one of the EVs parent company Stellantis will have launched by then through Citroen, Peugeot and Fiat, but something even more on-brand could be in the works.<\/p>\n

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\n The Jeep Wrangler Magneto concept is an all-electric SUV
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At this year’s Moab Easter Jeep Safari, the brand rolled out an all-electric Wrangler concept it called the Magneto. Rather than a purpose-built electric, it swapped out its internal combustion engine for an electric motor connected to its conventional 4×4 drivetrain, offering a relatively easy zero-emissions solution for the model in the short term.<\/p>\n

During an appearance on The Fox Garage, Jeep’s VP in charge of North American operations, Jim Morrison, was asked if the 2023 EV would be a unibody model or a Wrangler and his answer left the door wide open.<\/p>\n

“I can’t tell you, but there’s a good chance of it maybe being both,” Morrison said.<\/p>\n

The Wrangler 4xe that President Biden took for a spin at the White House, which offers an all-electric range of 21 miles per charge and a combined power rating of 375 hp when its four-cylinder gasoline engine kicks in, has proven so popular with customers that it’s sold out for the year.<\/p>\n

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Farther down the road, Jeep is also aiming to deliver a fully-autonomous Wrangler that could potentially drop passengers off at the head of a hiking trail and meet them at the other end, and Morrison said he thinks the goal is attainable.<\/p>\n

“Our plan is this decade, and we keep pushing the limits on what accentuates freedom for our customers, and we think we can get there, for sure.”<\/p>\n

CLICK HERE FOR THE FOX GARAGE’S FULL INTERVIEW WITH JIM MORRISON AND INFORMATION ON THE NEW WAGONEER AND GRAND WAGONEER<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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