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500 miles touted: EV platform for Dodge muscle cars, Jeep SUVs, more

Baua Electric

Stellantis plans to launch eight vehicles based on the STLA Large platform between 2024 to 2026, starting in North America with Dodge and Jeep models. That could include Dodge’s electric muscle car and the recently teased Jeep Wagoneer S. Alfa Romeo, Chrysler, and Maserati models will follow. bound EVs might be built on it.

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Road Test: 2021 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited Rubicon 4xe

Clean Fleet Report

Jeep global CEO Christian Meunier closed out 2021 by announcing his brand’s goal of becoming the “zero emission freedom brand,” with the Jeep Wrangler 4xe plug-in hybrid (PHEV) as its first example. This is exactly what the 2021 Jeep Wrangler 4xe has to offer. The Jeep Wrangler 4xe PHEV is powered by two electric motors and a 2.0-liter

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How Fiat joined Toyota, Hyundai in key metric

Baua Electric

The Pristine 600e miniature SUV is in line with the second one month of Stellantis’ eCMP platform already worn via the Citroen C4, DS 3 Crossback, Opel/Vauxhall Corsa and Mokka, Peugeot 208 and 2008 and the just lately introduced Jeep Avenger. All 3 are constructed at Stellantis’ manufacturing facility in Kenitra, Morocco.

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2024 Jeep Wrangler Review: A Refreshing Refresh

The Truth About Cars

I was a latecomer to the Jeep lifestyle. As the bumper sticker says, I didn’t understand the Jeep thing. But the whole thing was an issue, each old Jeep driving poorly on-road - the only terrain I’d ever encountered on purpose. The 2024 Jeep Wrangler is refreshed, building upon the JL platform introduced in 2017 to much fanfare.

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Consumer Reports Says EVs Less Reliable Than Traditional Automobiles

The Truth About Cars

“Most electric cars today are being manufactured by either legacy automakers that are new to EV technology, or by companies like Rivian that are new to making cars,” Jake Fisher, senior director of auto testing at Consumer Reports , said in a release. SUVs, crossovers, and minivans were next.

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2021 Jeep Wrangler 4xe: The legendary SUV brand’s first plug-in hybrid

Charged EVs

The plug-in hybrid version of the Jeep Wrangler offers useful all-electric range and great electric torque—if drivers plug it in. The accelerating pace of electric vehicle launches has brought us to this: The first Jeep in the US to get a plug-in hybrid version is the legendary Wrangler. The two couldn’t be more different.

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Consumer Reports: Tesla and other domestic brands take big steps backwards in reliability rankings

Green Car Congress

Buick, Chevrolet, Chrysler, and Tesla are among the brands that tumbled in Consumer Reports’ (CR) latest Annual Auto Reliability Survey, which collected data from its members about their experiences with more than half a million vehicles. Jeep has mixed results, falling two spots to 22. Chrysler drops seven spots to number 24.

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