This Week In Jeep

Jeep Debuts The Production Model Avenger (BEV) 

As you heard in the last episode, The Paris Auto Show just happened, and Jeep decided it was time to show off its fully battery electric… “Jeep.”   As I’ve reported in past episodes, this particular Jeep is destined solely for European markets until Jeep’s U.S. market makes the shift, in what… 2030? However, we finally get to see what the production model is going to look like in person. It uses the group’s second-generation 400V electric powertrain and is the first one to be launched by Emotors, a joint venture between Stellantis and Nidec Leroy-Somer Holding. That’s a name you may want to remember, as I think we may see some good stuff come out of this partnership. 

Leroy-Somer is the world leader in industrial alternators and one of the world’s leading manufacturers of electromechanical and electronic drive systems. So if you were working on a capable all-electric off-road machine, this is the team you want working on the drive systems. Jeep claims a power output of 115 kW (156 hp) and 191 lb.-ft. of maximum torque. Stellantis claims its new, in-house 54-kWh battery pack delivers 248 miles (399 km) of range in the WLTP cycle or 341 miles (549 miles) in the urban cycle.

The Avenger is supplied with a 100-kW Mode 4 cable which, when connected to fast public charge, yields an 18.6-mile (30-km) range after just three minutes. Considering that figure is the average commute for Europeans, the automaker estimates the vehicle can be driven for days before fully recharging. Could that work here in the states? Perhaps, but this next fact is what may leave most people familiar with the Jeep brand scratching their heads. Considering It’s a Jeep, it must have some sort of off-road credentials right? Riiiight? Riiiight….. Well… about that, the off-road capabilities will include it being the first front-wheel-drive-only Jeep vehicle equipped with standard Selec-Terrain! ….does that count? So with your front-wheel drive battery Jeep, you can select up to six different driving modes, and get a hill descent control too.

Just to make it look official, right Jeep? Well, at least you tried. 

Jeep Club Kicks Off Toys For Tots Campaign With Success

Now, this is newsworthy and it just so happens to be one of those feel-good Jeep stories too. Christmas is going to be a lot merrier for several area youngsters thanks to the Adrenaline Off Road Jeep Club. Club members gathered to start a ride and to help kick off the Toys for Tots campaign. This is the second year Jeep drivers from Virginia, West Virginia and Tennessee have spent a day having fun and helping the cause. The Marine Corps Reserve, which is the official sponsor of Toys for Tots brought a trailer to where the Jeeps gathered to begin their 50-mile trek.  Rick Rose, leader of the group asked each person going on the ride to bring a new toy for the drive or make a monetary donation. The Toys for Tots campaign opened on Oct. 1 and will wrap up in mid-December when gifts are distributed.  The club got a big hand from the Plum Creek Quilters, who held a raffle and also prepared lunch for riders and others to purchase.

And you know them quilters make a MEAN lunch! NOT to eff’d with.  Rod Mayberry, from Mountaineer Marine Corp Reserve, said the toy drive will get up to full speed around the first of November, but this was a great way to start. Check this out, THIS is how Jeepers do it!…. When the day ended Mayberry’s trailer was three-quarters full and the cash bucket had $2,700 in it. Mayberry said the group will be accepting donations at several locations in the area in the coming weeks.

Adrenaline Off Road – https://www.facebook.com/groups/1228542594265829/

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