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What the Oldsmobile 5.7 diesel V8 (LF9) did for the reputation of diesel power in consumers minds over 40 years ago, the Jeep 4Xe and Chrysler Pacifica PHEV models are doing for the reputation of plugin hybrid drives among today's consumers. A cheapskate CEO was decimating the engineering ranks...

Yes but, the market truly did shift and the demand plateaued during the "dead robots" fiasco of the previous winter. Battery electric vehicles were sold with heavy portions of propaganda. There was a back drop of Chicken Little hysteria pushed by a more than cooperative main stream media just to...

This is not an answer, just some things to point out. The former CEO cut and run, but burned a few bridges before he left. One of those was the 3.2 Pentastar V6 for the Cherokee. It won't be coming back. When I worked for the rental fleet, the Cherokee was popular with customers, especially in...

There is a bit of irony with this. Let's see, Japan and 1941, hmm:unsure:.

In all seriousness, Jeep should offer a taxi package on the KM. It's a Jeep, so such a package won't damage the brand's reputation. Seeing beefed up Cherokees on black steel wheels weaving through big city Hellscapes will only enhance the Cherokee's image. Such a package could share interior...

Suppliers that Stellantis currently uses have EREV systems available and those systems will fit all the way down to STLA Medium sized vehicles. In the smaller vehicles the front drive e-motor is replaced by a multi-clutch transaxle which allows modes for full electric battery only, battery...

Which one Magnum, LA, or AMC?

That's why the Ramcharger and Wagoneer EREV are still on the front burner. IC engine range extenders could save the battery electric Dodge Charger and Wagoneer S models. Are the people in Auburn Hills too myopic to notice that?

Battery electric vehicles are still available for sale at the dealerships. The Jeep Recon and the Ramcharger REEV are still on the way. The Wagoneer S and Dodge Charger are overpriced for what they are and that doesn't help the situation. For everyone else, The whole EV mandates and GHG...

I remember the Rebel being available on the Quad-Cab. I don't need a Crew Cab.

I think it was the hold charge mode. I haven't been there in a few months now that I'm retired, so my memory is foggy on that.

The average person is intimidated by the plug. I saw this a lot when I was working the ready line on the rental floor. The rental companies were a dumping ground for the Wrangler and Grand Cherokee 4Xe models along with many EVs. I would show people the button on the dash to bypass the EV mode...

I caught the video above while it was still live on YouTube. If I was there I would have asked about if the switch up in vehicle sizes was planned or accidental. (The KM Cherokee is the size of the WK2 Grand Cherokee and the next Compass will be the size of the old Cherokee.) What struck me was...

The Hemi with the eTorque setup is a lot smoother in stop and go traffic than the Hurricane 6 with its clunky start/stop could ever hope to be. Stellantis took a giant step backwards using a crude start/stop setup on the inline sixes. If they really want customers to embrace the turbo six...

Before Sergio stepped into Auburn Hills, the Dodge Durango and Chrysler Aspen both offered a Hemi Hybrid option. There was even a Ram 1500 Hemi Hybrid that was killed in the crib. A few hunderd of this last item was built as a PHEV for a joint FCA/DOE research program. Sergio received a lot of...