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Saturday, December 5, 2009

2009 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited EV



















The Jeep® Wrangler Unlimited EV is a Range-extended Electric Agent that provides a glimpse into the approaching of a "Go Anywhere, Do Anything" agent with acclaimed Jeep Wrangler capability.

"One of our goals at ENVI is to advance electric-drive solutions for every articulation and for every customer," said Lou Rhodes, President - ENVI, and Vice President - Advance Agent Engineering, Chrysler LLC. "An electric-drive Jeep Wrangler brings ultimate ammunition adeptness and ultra-clean busline to a bazaar articulation whose consumers appetite to analyze the ambiance to the fullest."

The Jeep Wrangler Unlimited EV ancestor is a two-wheel drive Wrangler. However, Chrysler's ENVI alignment is exploring four-wheel-drive, in-wheel electric motors to authenticate the abounding adeptness of the Company's avant-garde electric-drive technologies. Back this technology is developed by ENVI, the burning aerial torque of the electric-drive motor and the adeptness to absolutely ascendancy anniversary caster apart will aftereffect in off-road adequacy alluringly ill-fitted for the Jeep brand, after compromising on-road capability.

The Wrangler Unlimited EV additionally uses an ENVI Range-extended Electric Agent powertrain, consisting of an electric motor, an avant-garde lithium-ion array system, and a baby gasoline agent with an chip electric architect to aftermath added activity to ability the electric-drive arrangement back needed. The electric motor produces 200 kW (268 horsepower) and 400 N•m (295 lb.-ft.) of torque. The Jeep Wrangler Unlimited EV has a ambit of 400 miles, including 40 afar of aught fuel-consumption, zero-emissions, all-electric operation.