Management makes decisions based on best available data and acts based within their resource constraints. It is what it is with Stellantis. Arm chair quarterbacking is a cushy job. Been there recommending 10's to eventually 100's of millions in procurement decisions reporting into the president of a Fortune 50 company. Won a chairman's award saving my US counterpart 60+million USD a year. No armchair in sight.
The pictures in this thread showed red tow hooks, but understand the gimmick of going with blue.
It's just like in the past when you would see a brand new corvette parked in front of a shack with an old washer and dryer on the porch. Some people have their priories all wrong.
Most Jeep owners couldn't get themselves out of a dumpster with two ladders inside the dumpster. But, they would have a smartphone to call 911.
Solar panels?
No, takes forever. May as well bring a generator if going that far off from civilization. But EVs use very little energy at low speeds.
Not on trails, mud, or sand …
There is no difference with this vehicle vs Wranglers or really any vehicle. They all get stuck , the downside of better traction is they simply typically stuck further in.
My daughter’s friends with Jeep Wrangler PHEVs and RAV Prime and a Hornet love them. They get to park on campus close to class while they get charged at Level II. Most use try for free level I plug because it so slow gives them more time as the charger starts to fine them.
They don't know what they are missing. I ran my wrangler until the frame rusted in half. I had a lot of fun.
My big four door Dodge loves to sink in the mud. All four tires spinning just makes it sink faster. Everybody has to do it at least once to learn. A few winters back I spent an entire day just getting the truck out of the mud. No cell signal and nobody around. Would have been good to have a winch.
How many miles is someone driving a vehicle in those conditions? Only tests I've seen on trails were up a steep grade, so not sure how much impact on range was from the grade vs terrain. But I can't imagine someone doing 30+ miles on challenging terrain. Especially in a brand new $60,000 vehicle. Seems like an edge case.