jonahgetz
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- Jonah
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- 2021 JLU Billet Silver
That all seems very interesting. I can’t imagine a vehicle with large amounts of batteries being able to go in the water, but I was essentially picturing the undercarriage of a Tesla or Prius. Until battery power gets better or engineers figure out a better way for it to self charge in order to keep the battery compact and away from the water prone areas, I don’t see how this would work. I’m still intrigued to see one in person, I still wouldn’t want to be the one trying it in the water.Jeep claims same fjording capabilities. Admittedly I made my first trek into water over a foot deep just this past year in the "mild hybrid" which also has a water tight battery tub. The V6 JKU and previous jeeps never went over a foot deep. Normally if I was going that far into the back country I took my SR5 or F150 (both are gone now). Given how much crawling I have done in Jeeps over the years, I could go another five years and never get more than a foot deep in water. With the 4xe, I can still get way deep in the back country without worry.
Funny part is I didn't even think about how deep I was until someone said "isn't that the new hybrid one?". Maybe the deep water offers better battery cooling? We won't know for sure until a few people try it. ;-)
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