Asterix2112
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- John
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- Vienna, Va
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- Wrangler 4xe
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One of the pleasant surprises with my 4xe is how well the electric hybrid part of the car works when the battery is 'drained' (< 1%). Even though you still can't use the battery for normal driving, it is still there for two very important situations:
1) It uses that reserve battery power for when you floor it, either off the line or high speed passing. There is no loss I can tell in acceleration after the battery is at < 1%, so you still get that 6 sec 0-60 and quick and instant acceleration for passing (compared to my old v6 Cherokee which had a good second wait before the lower gear kicked in for passing this car is awesome)
2) When stopped at a light where the engine turns off (to save gas) you do not have to wait for the engine to turn back on to accelerate. I drove a BMW once that had that and I found it annoying that you had to wait that half sec after you hit the gas for the engine to turn back on before you move. With the 4xe it's instantaneous because it's using the battery reserve to get you going immediately while the engine starts back up. (I notice in a regular gas Jeep you can turn that off, you can't in the 4xe, but no big deal because you don't loose anything, and it does save a little gas)
Now I supposed you could use it enough that it would drain the battery to a point that is really too low (and it would revert to a real gas engine). But I doubt that would happen in most instances, as the car is constantly putting a little back in with the regen braking, which probably evens out the little bit it uses for the above situations. Plus since the engine can charge the battery itself I wonder if even when not in the battery save mode if the engine charges the battery when it gets under a certain real amount (as the < 1% is really about 15% battery left).
Either way I am really impressed. Even though I only get 24 miles or so of electric driving, I get the acceleration and torque benefits ALL the time, even when the battery is technically 'depleted' (< 1%).
1) It uses that reserve battery power for when you floor it, either off the line or high speed passing. There is no loss I can tell in acceleration after the battery is at < 1%, so you still get that 6 sec 0-60 and quick and instant acceleration for passing (compared to my old v6 Cherokee which had a good second wait before the lower gear kicked in for passing this car is awesome)
2) When stopped at a light where the engine turns off (to save gas) you do not have to wait for the engine to turn back on to accelerate. I drove a BMW once that had that and I found it annoying that you had to wait that half sec after you hit the gas for the engine to turn back on before you move. With the 4xe it's instantaneous because it's using the battery reserve to get you going immediately while the engine starts back up. (I notice in a regular gas Jeep you can turn that off, you can't in the 4xe, but no big deal because you don't loose anything, and it does save a little gas)
Now I supposed you could use it enough that it would drain the battery to a point that is really too low (and it would revert to a real gas engine). But I doubt that would happen in most instances, as the car is constantly putting a little back in with the regen braking, which probably evens out the little bit it uses for the above situations. Plus since the engine can charge the battery itself I wonder if even when not in the battery save mode if the engine charges the battery when it gets under a certain real amount (as the < 1% is really about 15% battery left).
Either way I am really impressed. Even though I only get 24 miles or so of electric driving, I get the acceleration and torque benefits ALL the time, even when the battery is technically 'depleted' (< 1%).
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