Jeep is launching a $25,000 EV in the US ‘very soon’ to revamp the rugged SUV brand
https://electrek.co/2024/05/29/jeep-launching-25000-ev-us-very-soon/
I’d treat this with a bit of skepticism, especially given Jeep’s recent history in terms of reliability (or utter lack thereof).
All of stellantis cars are garbage.
I’d risk that is true for the US models.
The FIAT umbrella and the PSA line-up in Europe makes for a good chunk of the market with vehicles for all tastes.
Shame the American Fiats are shit. I’d love to know the calculus behind dumping all the crap in the States.
Why do you say that? What is so bad with FIAT there?
Their quality control is almost as bad as Tesla’s.
Really? That bad?
FIAT in the 90’s and early 00’s went through a really bad phase, due to Ferrari sinking millions into F1, to the point FIAT Brazil was more active than FIAT Europe developing new models.
FIAT are reliable. A few engines were less than good but FIAT has always been on the forefront of developing new technology into engines and cars. My first car, a cheap model, had direct fuel injection when most other manufacturers were still using carburettors (at best, eletrically controlled).
It’s even a joke between owners that FIAT cars don’t like mechanics but when they start doing, you’re better off changing cars.
Ah. Then FIAT must taking the European ones that don’t pass final checks and sending them Stateside. Idk.
Came to say this. I wouldn’t be caught dead being an early adopter for them.
And steering headlong into late-stage capitalism uber customization.
A Jeep is still a bad vehicle, no matter how much they customize them for extra cash.
Capitalism was a fucking mistake
Recent history? They’ve been junk for a long time. I’ll give the Wrangler a pass but the rest of their lineup had been pretty terrible.
By recent, I mean like the past several decades.
My guess is that the headline should read “Jeep capitalizing on Leapmotor JV through $25k badge engineered model for US”. The article says nothing about where this magically low cost EV has come from, but I can guarantee that it wasn’t from Dearborn.
I don’t even think “Jeep” (in quotes because they’re no longer a company) have any presence in the US anymore. All of their presence, as far as I know, is in Amsterdam as part of Stellantis.
What about the Toledo assembly plant?
I have been wrong before, and this is yet another instance. I wasn’t aware of that.
Happens to the best of us. We learn, we move on!
20 active manufacturing plants + 2 idled/retooling, is a fairly solid US presence.
I work for another one of the ‘big 3’, have heard mixed things about working for Stellantis; but honestly don’t think it would make much difference, if HQ direction came from Amsterdam instead of the Detroit region.As stated earlier, I appear to be mistaken then. My bad.
Well, the HQ are in Auburn Hills, not Dearborn, so you are right
Dammit, I should have verified that. Who’s Dearborn then, FoMoCo? GM is still Detroit.
Correct, although GM is also Warren (tech center)
I hope it’s the size of the Avenger or R3. Something that size and shape with some ground clearance could fully replace my ICE car for camping and hiking in the mountains.
Looking at the pics available it looks pretty cool. I would definitely take a look at it to go electric but my current wrangler is going to be hard to give up.
Jeep going all electrical when they can’t get the electrical part right on their gas shitboxes. Now that’s rich.
With the catalog of products they have to base it on, I have no doubts they can do it, but I do have doubts to reliability and Jeepness, it’ll prolly just be another cheap electric crossover that could be mistaken for any other out there
Please oh please be be shaped similar to a new bronco
Very soon but not giving a date probably means at least a few years.
