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:unsure: yeah, not really...
 
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Heavy with crap aerodynamics. Doesn't make a lot of sense as an EV. But there won't be an option in the future to do otherwise, so they make one or stop making cars.

A diesel electric hybrid with 4 wheel independent electric motors and no drive train would have made more sense. Trade the engine and drive train weight for batteries and generate the power with a diesel genset. Like modern trains.
 
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InOmaha said:
Heavy with crap aerodynamics. Doesn't make a lot of sense as an EV. But there won't be an option in the future to do otherwise, so they make one or stop making cars.

A diesel electric hybrid with 4 wheel independent electric motors and no drive train would have made more sense. Trade the engine and drive train weight for batteries and generate the power with a diesel genset. Like modern trains.
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it's an ugly bronco if you squint. But I am all in favor of innovation - I won't be a buyer of this, but I do think it's interesting steps. Imagine if 30 years ago we ignored the torque advancements we made then. Rejecting this is just being silly, as it is the future.
 
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rasband said:
it's an ugly bronco if you squint. But I am all in favor of innovation - I won't be a buyer of this, but I do think it's interesting steps. Imagine if 30 years ago we ignored the torque advancements we made then. Rejecting this is just being silly, as it is the future.
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The vehicle was kind of what I was expecting in the general sense. What surprised me was hearing that the Wrangler 4xe is currently the best selling plug in hybrid in the US.
 
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psrivats said:
The vehicle was kind of what I was expecting in the general sense. What surprised me was hearing that the Wrangler 4xe is currently the best selling plug in hybrid in the US.
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I was surprised by that too! I've only seen a handful of them, but that's just exposure bias for me.
 
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I was surprised by that too! I've only seen a handful of them, but that's just exposure bias for me.
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Thinking about it more .. this thing is more a modern Cherokee than a Bronco. I'm guessing test bed for ideas/changes before they go in the Wrangler. From what I had read, the JL platform cannot be made full EV for various reasons. I'm sure they are testing the next gen internally.
 
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What surprised me was hearing that the Wrangler 4xe is currently the best selling plug in hybrid in the US.
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My neighbor's daughter went out and bought one. She kept it for less than a year and recently replaced it with a 1500. She had been driving it less and less, so maybe it had some issues, but that's just a guess as I haven't talked to them about it yet.
 
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Thinking about it more .. this thing is more a modern Cherokee than a Bronco. I'm guessing test bed for ideas/changes before they go in the Wrangler. From what I had read, the JL platform cannot be made full EV for various reasons. I'm sure they are testing the next gen internally.
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Yeah, I am sure they have and EV wrangler in testing. I do think some of the boxiness is to be more like the Bronco. Successful designs do that.
 
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