Jeep to construct electrified Wagoneer alongside gasoline mannequin at Warren Truck Meeting Plant by finish of 2025
Electrified Wagoneer anticipated to make use of Ram 1500 Ramcharger’s sequence plug-in hybrid powertrain
Battery-electric Wagoneer could comply with in 2027
Stellantis on Wednesday introduced a sequence of manufacturing updates for 3 of its Michigan crops, and included within the bulletins was affirmation of an electrified Jeep Wagoneer by the top of 2025.
The automaker stated it’s going to make investments roughly $97.6 million to organize the Warren Truck Meeting Plant for the electrified Wagoneer. The plant is the place the gasoline Wagoneer is constructed, and the 2 will share a manufacturing line.
Stellantis described the electrified Wagoneer as considered one of “4 Jeep EVs” due globally by the top of 2025, although the car is regarded as a sequence plug-in hybrid sharing expertise with the 2025 Ram 1500 Ramcharger, somewhat than a pure battery-electric car.
The 1500 Ramcharger is predicated on Stellantis’ STLA Body platform designed for hybrid and electrical autos with body-on-frame building, and the identical will doubtless be the case for the electrified Wagoneer.
2025 Ram 1500 Ramcharger
The powertrain may also doubtless be frequent to each autos. The 1500 Ramcharger combines a 92-kwh battery with a 3.6-liter V-6 appearing purely as a generator. Ram quotes a peak output of 663 hp for the truck’s electrical drive system, plus a variety of 145 miles with the battery alone and 690 miles with mixed use of the battery and gasoline engine. Anticipate comparable numbers for the electrified Wagoneer.
Information of the electrified Wagoneer was first talked about in a UAW doc printed in Nov. 2023. The doc additionally indicated that an electrical Wagoneer might be launched in 2027, and that the gasoline Wagoneer will obtain refreshes in 2025 and 2027. Given the timing, these refreshes will doubtless coincide with the arrival of the electrified and electrical Wagoneers.
Different bulletins by Stellantis on Wednesday included affirmation of manufacturing of the 1500 Ramcharger and 2025 Ram 1500 REV electrical truck on the Sterling Heights plant, the place the gasoline 1500 is constructed.
Stellantis additionally introduced that the Dundee Engine Plant might be used to construct elements for the STLA Body and STLA Giant platforms, along with new four-cylinder engines together with a 1.6-liter turbo-4 that might be used for a hybrid powertrain launching in 2025.
