Jeep is going all in on electric SUVs starting with the Wrangler-esque Recon - The Verge

Jeep will introduce four electric SUVs by 2025, including the all-new Recon and a Wagoneer variant codenamed Wagoneer S. The compact Jeep Avenger will go on sale in Europe next year.

Jeep will introduce four new all-electric SUVs in North America and Europe by the end of 2025 as part of a broader strategy to have EVs comprise 50 percent of sales in the US and 100 percent in Europe by 2030.

Jeep, which is owned by Stellantis, showed the first images of two fully electric SUVs — the all-new Wrangler-inspired Jeep Recon and a new electric Wagoneer, codenamed Wagoneer S. Both models are expected to arrive in North America and other regions by 2024. The automaker will also release a compact electric SUV, the Jeep Avenger, in Europe early next year.

Major details, like battery capacity, trim levels, and price, are still being kept under wraps. (“Stay tuned,” said Jeep CEO Christian Meunier.) And the fourth model will also be revealed at a later date. But Jeep said it will “electrify” all of its models in the US, including a hybrid Wagoneer 4xe vehicle. The automaker aspires to become the number one seller of electric SUVs in the world.

“The BEV acceleration is going full speed,” Meunier said during a briefing with reporters.

It’s a bold plan from a brand that is seen as lagging behind the rest of the auto industry in terms of electrification. Most major automakers have electric SUVs and trucks in the pipeline, and many have signaled that off-road and adventure vehicles — which are Jeep’s bread and butter — are high on the list for electrification.

https://www.theverge.com/2022/9/8/23341409/jeep-electric-suv-recon-wagoneer-s-avenger-release-date

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