The Jeep Recon is a battery electric

mid-size SUV A sport utility vehicle (SUV) is a car classification that combines elements of road-going passenger cars with features from off-road vehicles, such as raised ground clearance and four-wheel drive. There is no commonly agreed-upon definiti ...

set to be produced by

Jeep Jeep is an American automobile marque, now owned by multi-national corporation Stellantis. Jeep has been part of Chrysler since 1987, when Chrysler acquired the Jeep brand, along with remaining assets, from its previous owner American Motors ...

in 2024. Revealed in a set of images in September 2022 alongside two other Jeep models, it is an

off-road Off-roading is the activity of driving or riding in a vehicle on unpaved surfaces such as sand, gravel, riverbeds, mud, snow, rocks, and other natural terrain. Types of off-roading range in intensity, from leisure drives with unmodified vehicl ...

-oriented SUV that is heavily inspired by the Wrangler, and will be sold alongside it. The Recon name was previously used for a variant of the Wrangler. It is based on the

STLA Large This is a list of car platforms created by the multinational automotive manufacturing corporation Stellantis. Pre-existing platforms The following platforms were inherited in 2021 when the Stellantis corporation was created: Chrysler * Chrysler ...

platform, with fully

independent suspension Independent suspension is any automobile suspension system that allows each wheel on the same axle to move vertically (i.e. reacting to a bump on the road) independently of the others. This is contrasted with a beam axle or deDion axle system i ...

. The vehicle will have removable doors, retractable roof, electronic

locking differentials A locking differential is a mechanical component, commonly used in vehicles, designed to overcome the chief limitation of a standard open differential by essentially "locking" both wheels on an axle together as if on a common shaft. This forces ...

Selec-Terrain Jeep uses a variety of four-wheel drive systems on their vehicles. These range from basic part-time systems that require the driver to move a control lever to send power to four wheels, to permanent four-wheel systems that monitor and sense tra ...

traction management functions, skid plates, tow hooks, off-road-rated tires, and underbody protection. It will be produced in the United States and will be available for the global market.

References

External links

Official press release
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Recon Recon may refer to: * Reconnaissance, a military term for gathering information * '' Halo 3: Recon'', a standalone expansion for the video game ''Halo 3'' * "Recon" (''Lost''), the eighth episode of the sixth season of ''Lost'' * ''Recon'' (ro ...

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