Squeezing 25 miles of range out of the battery on a regular basis seems like it would be a cinch. Granted, I wasn’t driving with a lead foot, but I wasn’t babying it too much, either. Left in EV mode and driven through the extended suburbs of Austin, I managed to coax more than 27 miles out of the 4xe on electrons alone. Well, let’s start that answer the way Jeep had me and the other assembled journalists start our drive: on the street, with a fully-charged battery. To find out how well this new PHEV SUV lives up to its billing, we ventured deep into the heart of Texas to Austin, where we sampled the Grand Cherokee 4xe in a variety of forms on a number of surfaces - paved and unpaved, urban and rural, empty and crowded alike. For 2022, the company’s super-popular Grand Cherokee - fresh off its best sales year ever last year - is gaining the same hybrid powertrain, in hopes of bringing short-range zero-emissions travel to buyers who might want something a little more mainstream than the Wrangler.as well, of course, as bringing down Jeep's average corporate fuel economy. Many a carmaker doesn’t even bother offering them, and many that do only serve up one or two - pity rides to assuage the EPA and environmentalists.Ĭredit to Jeep, then, for not just letting the plug-in hybrid powertrain found under the hood of the Wrangler 4xe languish there.
Then again, maybe not there really aren’t many PHEVs on sale in America, period - especially considering how good a fit they are for many buyers, with their combination of zero-emission, low-cost commuting and long-trip flexibility. Strange as it may seem, there really aren’t that many plug-in hybrid SUVs out there.
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