IMHO, as much as i want hybrids to work better than ICE only at the end of the day it's 2 system co-existing, so more complexity and less reliability = long term fail. (really, more hp alone would make it sell)
for the jeep die-hard this will just let them feel less guilt burning oil and that may just be enough to overcome sticker shock and maybe it WILL sell - who am i to say. Now i know jeeps are a lifestyle thing - as everyone needs to climb hills everyday they're driving but whatever.
Seriously - green isn't worth much is the brand has a crap reputation for reliability, and i don't think of jeeps as reliable, now go into the mud and haul ass and a tree - yes! reliable - no way.Īnd that would be a big problem for someone buying this - if this were your only car and it was more complex would it be more reliable - probably not. The situation isn’t better with the 4xe – Jeep folks told us the price premium, depending on trim and features, was about $10K or $11K. I tested a gas Summit Reserve a few weeks before I headed to Texas, and I found myself getting more and more smitten until I saw the price tag and nearly fainted. Like with the gas version, I find myself charmed by the Grand Cherokee – right up until I look at the window sticker. The Grand Cherokee can tow up to 6,000 pounds. Trailhawks get the Quadra-Drive II 4WD system with a rear electronic limited-slip differential, two-speed transfer case, and 2.72:1 low-range gear ratio. Sway-bar disconnect is available, and water fording capability is up to 24 inches. As before, Jeep gives the Grand Cherokee drive modes that can be selected to best match the terrain you’re traversing. New for this year is a front-axle disconnect that effectively puts the vehicle in two-wheel drive when 4WD isn’t needed, thus reducing driveline drag. When in four-wheel drive, all four wheels feed regenerative energy back to the powertrain. Jeep folks on site told me the amount of regeneration tended to be better when the vehicle was in Sport mode. ESave puts the priority on the engine but uses regeneration to claw back a little EV range.
#Silent start 2002 jeep grand cherokee driver
Hybrid mode obviously has the gas engine and electric motor working in tandem to give the best combo of on-road performance and fuel economy, while Electric mode, as the name implies, puts the Jeep into all-electric operation until either the battery is drained or the driver needs a boost (for passing, let’s say) from the gas engine. I did eventually kick the Jeep into eSave mode to see if I could get a few miles of charge/EV range back, and I did, but not without some noise.īacking up a sec: ESave is one of three driver-selectable powertrain modes. Still, I got further than I expected on all-EV power, crossing town in silence. Somehow the vehicle I was assigned to had only 55 percent of charge to start with, so I had no chance. Jeep challenged us to see if we could make it from the event start to our first break stop on all-electric power, using a route that took us across urban and suburban sections of Austin. The total system output is 375 horsepower and 470 lb-ft of torque. The powertrain here is a 2.0-liter turbocharged four-cylinder that makes 270 horsepower and 295 lb-ft of torque paired to an electric starter/generator motor (44 hp, 39 lb-ft) and an integrated transmission traction motor (134 hp, 195 lb-ft). Meaning you can boulder-bash in silence, should the battery be charged enough. Off-roaders, take note – there is a Trailhawk trim available. Jeep also claims a 56 MPGe figure and a combined driving range of 470 miles. The 2022 Jeep Grand Cherokee 4xe is a plug-in hybrid promising up to 25 miles of all-electric range. I also ate an inhuman amount of brisket.) (Full disclosure: Jeep flew me to Austin, Texas, and housed and fed me for two nights, so that I could drive the Grand Cherokee 4xe. To find out, I headed deep to the heart of Texas last month. Getting electrified might be good for the ‘ole CAFE standards – but is it worth the price premium? Will electrification change a vehicle’s character – and if so, for the better or for worse? The 2022 Jeep Grand Cherokee 4xe is Jeep’s latest entry in the electrified-vehicle space (sorry for that bit of marketing speak, I must need more coffee), following, of course, the Wrangler 4xe. Everybody’s going electric these days, it seems.
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