An automotive giant has unveiled plans to take on the likes of Tesla in the green car segment, giving customers new options in the near future.
Jeep is driving toward an electric future.
Jeep will join the race for electric car customers with a new model in 2023.
The brand unveiled plans to offer a sharp-looking compact SUV with battery electric power, as part of a corporate strategy dubbed “Dare Forward 2030”.
Jeep’s first fully electric car will be this unnamed compact SUV.
Technical details surrounding the model are not available.
We don’t know what it will be called, exactly how big it is, or what’s under the bonnet.
The yellow machine looks similar in size to the Mercedes-Benz EQA, a battery-powered machine based on the brand’s compact GLA-Class SUV.
The model appears to be similar in size to the Jeep Renegade crossover.
We expect it to be offered with all-wheel-drive traction, given Jeep’s rugged off-road heritage.
Carlos Tavares, chief executive of Jeep parent brand Stellantis (formerly known as Fiat Chrysler Automobiles), said the new Jeep will be accompanied by an electric RAM ute.
“We are thrilled to present the Jeep brand’s first-ever fully electric SUV launching in early 2023 and a preview of the new Ram 1500 BEV pickup truck arriving in 2024,” he said.
Jeep’s Wrangler 4xe offers hybrid power.
“We are setting the course for 100 per cent of sales in Europe and 50 per cent of sales in the United States to be battery electric vehicles by the end of this decade,” he said. “We plan to have more than 75 BEVs and reach global annual BEV sales of five million vehicles by 2030.”
The popular Ram 1500 is in line to get battery power.
Electric utes are gathering pace, buoyed by the Ford F-150 Lightning, Chevrolet Silverado EV and the Rivian R1T.
Jeep’s electric models will be bolstered by plug-in hybrid variants.
Stellantis plans “electric offerings in all segments” in the medium term.
RAM will offer large vans powered by hydrogen fuel cell tech to US customers in 2025.
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