2026 Jeep Recon Is The Most Open-air Ev On Sale, Packing 650 Hp And Up To 250 Miles Of Range

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All nan measurement backmost successful September 2022, erstwhile we didn't person a climate-hating lunatic successful agency and nan car manufacture was a batch much gung-ho astir electrification (Stellantis especially), Jeep revealed nan electrical Recon, a four-door SUV pinch Wrangler-like styling that it said would beryllium astatine dealers successful 2024. Well, that didn't happen, but Jeep is yet fresh to put nan Recon into accumulation successful early 2026 astatine its works successful Toluca, Mexico. The 2026 Recon's exterior styling is precisely nan aforesaid arsenic what we saw 3 years ago, and now Jeep is showing disconnected its nice-looking interior and giving afloat specifications and specs for its 2nd EV.

The Recon will beryllium nan astir open-air electrical vehicle connected nan marketplace acknowledgment to immense sunroofs and removable doors and windows, and it'll connection 650 horsepower and a batch of off-road capability. But if you were hoping for a agelong scope aliases precocious powertrain technology, you'll person to look elsewhere. At first nan Recon will motorboat successful higher-end Moab trim, which will only get 230 miles of range, but lower-end versions coming later will do 250 miles. And while it whitethorn look tiny and small, nan Recon is really bigger than a four-door Wrangler.

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Underpinning nan Recon is nan aforesaid STLA Large level utilized by nan electric Wagoneer S and caller Dodge Charger. Standard is simply a 100.5-kWh lithium-ion artillery battalion and 1 electrical thrust module (EDM) astatine each axle, combining nan electrical motor, gearing and powerfulness electronics. Each EDM makes 335 hp, and full output is 650 horsepower and 620 pound-feet of torque, 50 hp and 3 lb-ft much than nan Wagoneer S. Jeep says nan Recon will deed 60 mph successful only 3.6 seconds, a mates ticks slower than nan Wagoneer S but astatine slightest a fewer tenths quicker than a V8-powered Wrangler 392. Top velocity is 112 mph, but who wants to spell that accelerated successful a Jeep? In on-road driving nan front-axle centrifugal will disconnect for amended efficiency, and torque divided betwixt nan axles is adaptable depending connected nan mode and situation. As nan Recon only has a 400-volt architecture, its highest DC fast-charging complaint is 220 kW, which tin return it from 5% to 80% successful 28 minutes.

Jeep says it calibrated nan throttle pedal to beryllium precise off-road, and the Moab trim has an physics locking differential astatine nan rear pinch 15:1 last thrust ratio (the beforehand is an unfastened diff pinch an 11:1 ratio), pinch nan locker activated by a move connected nan dashboard. Its suspension setup uses a short-long limb up beforehand and an integral nexus astatine nan rear, which nan institution says "delivers an perfect blend" of thrust comfortableness and off-road ability. All Recons get Auto, Sand, Snow and Sport thrust modes, but nan Moab adds a Rock mode that uses a two-pedal driving method and a hill-hold characteristic that lets you move your ft from nan brake to nan throttle without nan car moving. There's besides Selec-Speed Control, which is fundamentally low-speed cruise power for going up and down treacherous inclines.

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Like I said astatine nan top, nan Recon is bigger than you expect. It's 193.3 inches agelong (Jeep doesn't opportunity whether aliases not that includes nan tailgate-mounted spare tire, but I presume it does), 74.8 inches wide and 73.8 inches tall; compared to a four-door Wrangler, nan Recon is 4.9 inches longer, 0.9 inch wider and 0.3 inch taller. The Wrangler's 118.4-inch wheelbase is 5.5 inches longer than nan Recon's, though. The Recon Moab's curb weight comes successful astatine 6,112 pounds, astir 600 pounds heavier than a Wrangler 4xe plug-in hybrid.

The Moab has 18-inch wheels wearing 33-inch Nexen Roadian ATX all-terrain tires, which thief springiness nan Recon 9.1 inches of crushed clearance, an inch little than a guidelines Wrangler. The different trim levels coming down nan tube will connection much road-focused tires, including connected larger wheels — that's astir apt why nan Moab is estimated by Jeep to person 230 miles of range, while others will get up to 250 miles. Its attack and departure angles of 33.8 and 33.1 degrees are worse than what you get successful a Wrangler, but the Recon's 23.3-degree breakover perspective is amended than a Wrangler Rubicon. Underbody shields made from high-strength alloy protect nan artillery battalion and EDMs.

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On nan outside, nan Recon looks identical to what we saw backmost successful 2022. It's boxy, it's cool, it looks for illustration a Jeep. You get an illuminated seven-slot grille, Wrangler-like quadrate taillights protruding from nan body, chunky bumpers pinch salient tow hooks, and a swing-out tailgate pinch a modular full-size spare mounted to it. The Moab has wider fender flares, disposable stone rails, Jeep badges pinch topographical etching, and different unsocial styling features. True to nan Jeep brand, nan Recon will beryllium disposable successful a wide scope of colors to start, including 2 blues, a agleam reddish and agleam orange, a subject green, and a awesome copper. Jeep's designers opportunity they haven't recovered a colour nan Recon looks bad in, showing journalists a schematic pinch nan Recon painted successful different shades for illustration babe blue, lime green, basking pinkish and fuchsia — expect caller colors and typical editions to beryllium released each year.

All 4 of nan Recon's doors tin beryllium removed successful specified minutes pinch nary devices required — for nan 2026 exemplary year, nan Wrangler's doors nary longer require nan Torx bit, either. The Recon comes modular pinch a dual-pane power-opening sunroof, but you tin spec it pinch nan Sky One-Touch Power Top, which is simply a ample roll-back soft top. If that's not capable airiness for you, some nan rear model successful nan tailgate and nan broadside 4th windows tin beryllium popped off, making this easy nan astir open-air EV connected nan market. Normally nan broadside mirrors are mounted connected nan doors, but pinch nan doors disconnected location are mounting points successful nan jams for them to connect backmost on.

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On a backgrounder call, I asked Jeep if it knew really removing nan doors, windows and tile affects nan Recon's aerodynamics and range. The company's response? Well, it doesn't know, arsenic it hasn't tested that (and it seems for illustration nan institution astir apt won't). The Recon mightiness beryllium a spot much aerodynamic than a Wrangler, pinch a resistance coefficient of 0.404, but taking each those panels disconnected will surely negatively impact that already middling range. 

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The wide interior layout is akin to different Jeeps for illustration nan Grand Cherokee, but nan Recon has a cool frame-like creation for nan gradual halfway console and salient drawback handles pinch exposed rivets. A 12.3-inch integer gauge cluster and 14.5-inch cardinal touchscreen are standard, nan second being Jeep's largest ever, and while each nan ambiance controls are successful nan screen, you do get beingness measurement and tuning knobs. There are a fewer buttons for different conveyance functions, and successful nan halfway adjacent to nan cupholders nan Recon has a rotary displacement knob and a reddish sheet pinch switches for nan thrust modes and nan diff locker. Jeep moved speakers for nan modular Alpine audio strategy from nan doors to nether nan seats, to sphere sound value moreover nan doors are removed.

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Compared to a four-door Wrangler, nan Recon has much headroom, legroom and enarthrosis room for some beforehand and rear passengers. Behind nan second-row spot there's 30.3 cubic feet of cargo space, astir 3 cubes much than a Wrangler; nan rear seats fold flat, expanding that abstraction to 65.9 cubic feet, a mates cubes little than a Wrangler. You do get a frunk nether nan hood that has an further 3 cubic feet of space, capable for a carry-on suitcase, though Jeep hasn't released immoderate images of it. There are modular attachment points connected nan doorway panels and dashboard for a big of retention solutions and accessories, including "a duck holder," which should genuinely beryllium enticing to Jeep buyers.

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Standard features connected the Moab see a surround-view camera strategy pinch beforehand and rear washer, dual-zone automatic ambiance control, rain-sensing wipers, heated beforehand seats (with ventilation for nan fronts and power for nan rears arsenic an option), keyless entry, a wireless charging pad, 4 USB-C ports and a fewer auxiliary powerfulness outlets, powerfulness windows, leatherette upholstery and customizable ambient lighting. In summation to Stellantis' Level 2 Active Driving Assist system, nan Recon Moab besides has adaptive cruise control, automated parking assist, blind-spot monitoring, rear cross-traffic alert, automated emergency braking, postulation motion recognition, and drowsy driver detection

So, really overmuch is this each gonna cost? The 2026 Jeep Recon Moab will commencement at $66,995, including $1,995 destination. It's beautiful overmuch successful a people of its ain successful nan EV abstraction — nan closest balanced is astir apt nan Mercedes-Benz G580, which is much than doubly nan value — truthful nan champion comparison is against Jeep's own Wrangler 4xe plug-in hybrid. The cheapest 1 of those is $52,690, while a Rubicon is $63,390 and nan top-end Rubicon X starts astatine $72,340. If I were a betting man, I'd opportunity nan forthcoming lower-end Recon trims will commencement location successful nan low-60s. The Moab will commencement accumulation successful early 2026, but Jeep has only said nan longer-range models will beryllium "late availability."