Jeep hybrid11/8/2022 ![]() ![]() As a long-range cruiser though it really shines, with low wind and powertrain noise, and optional massaging seats for a relaxing ride. Its 20-odd miles of electric range is a bit last-gen PHEV but when the battery is full it provides suitable urban waft. Combined you get 375bhp and 463 lb ft of torque, which is more than the aforementioned V8 model, and more efficient. ![]() JEEP HYBRID GENERATORThe Grand Cherokee has a much more conventional setup – a starter generator to make volts and an electric motor in the gearbox to use them. Like an arguing couple communicating through an intermediary. That car had an electric motor on the rear axle and a petrol one up front, leading to something of a disconnect. Way back before the Stellantis takeover, we had the Renegade 4xe, but this was a very different vehicle to what you see before you now. The big Jeep’s rivals have had plug sockets for some time now, and earlier hybrid exploits from Fiat Chrysler Automobiles left us a bit lukewarm. Well yes, the Grand Cherokee 4xe is more like the present, or if you’re feeling particularly mean, kind of the past. Another knife in the dying bent-eight join us in examining the future. Jackson Storm to the established Lightning McQueen. So, we arrive at the inevitable – a Grand Cherokee with an electrified four-cylinder drivetrain that outsmarts and outperforms the trad V8. Cars that suit a pair of wellies just as well as a tuxedo, all while under pressure to emit less CO2 than the fizz from a bottle of Bollinger. Complicating things further is the need to keep pace with the Europeans our Range Rover Sport and Audi Q7. ![]()
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