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Jeep aims first EV at Tesla with new Wrangler-like EV coming soon

electrek.co Jeep takes aim at Tesla with its first electric SUV, new Wrangler-like EV coming soon

After launching its first global EV, the Wagoneer S, last week, Jeep believes it can compete with the best, including...

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Yay more SUVs
- Right? I thought cars would get smaller as I grew up
  
  The old land yachts of the 60s and 70s were gigantic. They only had to get smaller because they couldn't keep up with fuel economy. But now that they're going electric and fuel economy isn't a concern, it seems they have no reason to go small.
  
  I think the problem is, as soon as some (domestic in the case of US because of the recent tariff) automaker makes a cheap electric small car that's got room for 4 and 60-150 miles in range is gonna realize holy shit that's 90% of the driving out there and will drastically undercut the premium market. tens of millions only drive a few dozen miles away from home for most of their activity.
- There's plenty of smaller EVs to choose from if SUVs aren't your thing.
  
  In the US? Where?
- If it's actually a Wrangler-like then yeah, yay, honestly
  
  Wranglers are great off-road vehicles. Is it what most people use them for? No. Does that mean the option shouldn't exist? No.
  
  I'm not lamenting more options, I'm lamenting the opposite.
- Unironically though.
  
  No.
In what parallel universe is a Wrangler, electric or otherwise, a competitor to Tesla? Perhaps the article mangled the meaning behind what Stellantis said, but the notion that Jeep is going to convert Tesla owners to Wrangler owners en masse is laughable.
Starting at $78K! For a Jeep? Best of luck with that.
- It'll sell fine. Modern jeeps are for people who want to look outdoorsy but can't get a Subaru because people might think they're a lesbian (and, in this case, can't get a tesla because people might think they're a librul). The wagoneer is doing OK, the 4xe trims are doing OK, and none of them are going offroad any further than the dirt trailhead parking lot.
Looks like a Jaguar F-pace from all sides except the front.

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