2025 Jeep Wagoneer S EV - Initial impressions

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Jun 1, 2024

2024 Jeep Wagoneer S BEV | Jeep Canada

- 0-60 in 3.4 seconds
- 600HP
- 300 mile range (480km)

This does NOT look like it's based on the current Wagoneer (DT) truck platform, but rather the WL Grand Cherokee/Grand Cherokee L platform (Alpha Romeo Stelvio)... Though it's hard to discern from the pictures, so I'll have to see what it looks like in real life when dealers start receiving them, which is supposed to be later this year.

Will be interesting to see what the battery capacity is (not listed on the site), I...

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I just got to briefly drive one that hasn't been PDI'd yet and thought I'd share my initial impressions:

Pros:
- Design language is good, interior layout is a LOT better than the Charger EV
- Feels very familiar inside, quite similar to the WL Grand Cherokee
- Gauges, haptics and screens are all well laid out and responsive
- Sound system: The McIntosh stereo is excellent
- Seats: Comfortable, good bolstering, driver side has massage

Cons:
- Door panel finish on the inner edge of the bin section is unacceptable. The ones on my SRT and my parent's Summit Reserve are beautifully radiused and leather covered. These are plastic with a rough interior edge.
- Trim meet-up in the cupholder area, where the trim cover meets the part that comes down from the centre stack is a straight-butt connection, which looks cheap. They should have used a plastic dovetail or something to make the transition flat and less visible.

Both of these design choices really detract from what is otherwise a very nice looking, and feeling, EV. The Charger EV doesn't have these issues.

I'll get some pictures and do a proper test drive once it has been PDI'd.

 

[Glenda W.]

Thanks. Nice looking rig.

 

[Danno]

Had a chance this week to drive a Charger Daytona with that drivetrain, Scat Pack version. Highway cruising at 110 KPH its at 24 kWH on the dash power meter. And it can go to 500kWH. A quarter pedal at 110 KPH gives you an instant shove. Can't imagine full pin.

There is a dash telltale and previous driver had it up to 146 KPH.

I reset it to 90 before turning it in.

 

[OVERKILL]

Wife wanted to see it, so I took her back up. I wish I had parked closer, you'd get a better sense of size relative to the WK2 GC, but the GC is a little bigger, and definitely taller.

 

[Brons2]

Weird from the backside. Huge wing look.

Pretty normal otherwise.

 

[Torrid]

Weird from the backside. Huge wing look.

Pretty normal otherwise.

I think that’s the way of getting the boxy look while not giving up range.

 

[HoosierJeeper]

Sat in one at the auto show a few months ago - felt way lower slung than expecting. The rearmost windows (between the C and D pillars) are extremely small. Size wise and stature wise, feels much more like the Cherokee did than a WK2 or WL IMO.

Not a huge fan of it - regardless of the propulsion. The WL feels much more traditional Jeep. Needless to say, I was very happy to leave that auto show in a real Jeep...my JLU Wrangler lol.

 

[pezzy84]

Front is very handsome, has always caught my eye. That tail looks very Nissan Ariya though - feel like they should have kept it a bit more Jeep.

 

[andrew_j]

My neighbor has one. The naming Wagoneer does not translate to its smallish size.

I have never seen one ever else where. Even work where all EVs are present besides Tesla with free charging and EV only parking.