[Dave Z]

Word on the street is that the current standard engine will be discontinued and replaced with a higher output 2.0 Hurricane, with the 4xe as the optional powertrain. Doubtful it gets the inline 6 in this generation but would love to be wrong.

It was supposed to get the Hurricane three or four years ago, as in "official announcements." But they were also supposed to have another Hurricane line by now, I think. Production's been slower than it should be from what I heard. A higher output 2.0 would be good to have if it could produce high torque at low rpm, as the Hurricane does.

 

[Dave Z]

Apparently only posted on Instagram for whatever reason..

The reason is wanting to control who gets the message out. They want it to be ONLY them and favored writers, most of the time.

 

[Dave Z]

I think for PHEV, faster charging is not all that important, right? It's a matter of how much you can do on all electric and fixing reliability and diagnostic ability.

 

[Dave Z]

When posting on IG, you also post on Facebook and Threads.

but only to people who follow Jeep. They want everyone getting their news only from them, and chosen writers who have kissed the feet properly.

eh - it would be nice to be able to plug it in when we run into the grocery store on a level 2 and come back out 30 minutes later and have it be full or close to it. Right now the paltry little 24 mile range takes almost 2 hours if the battery is down to 15%. That's a bit ridiculous considering the charge rates on other PHEVs and EVs.

Ouch. Okay, that is a bit slower than I thought.

I tend to agree. Particularly since electric only operation is intended as a short range/city efficiency booster. In electric mode the Wrangler falls short of the economy figures.

I do understand the problem a bit though. The range on mine is so close but sometimes it would be nice to get that extra 5 miles out of it ilto get home.

I will say that I am very unimpressed with the quality of STLA vehicle software. I don't know if the issue is competency, or management/deadlines. But the quality control is abysmal. The UX itself is well thought out fwiw. The implementation is not so good.

Interesting... all three points.
What kinda surprised me is how long the "low battery wreaks havoc" problem was out there. Almost as though they refuse to assign engineers to maintenance and improvement of existing software once a car is released. (Guess why I think that.)