Jeep Grand Cherokee 4xe Trailhawk So Far?

First, the plans: Our Jeep was recently in Attica, Ind., at Badlands Off Road Park taking part in a Jeep Jamboree. One of the benefits of owning a Jeep is becoming part of an enthusiastic owners’ community, and we can’t wait to report on what that’s like. Oh, and we got to take our Trailhawk off-roading and see how it does against another plug-in hybrid Jeep: a 2023 Wrangler Rubicon 4xe. Stay tuned to see how that went.Our Jeep came to us with just 38 miles on the odometer, and since then we’ve clocked another 1,881 — 345 of which were on electric power, according to the trip computer — for a total of 1,919 miles. We’ve spent $370.77 on fuel so far — not counting the electrons to charge the SUV’s 17.3-kilowatt-hour battery pack — and have averaged 21.7 mpg. That’s a little more than 1 mpg shy of the Grand Cherokee 4xe’s EPA-estimated rating of 23 mpg combined, but our Jeep is a well-equipped Trailhawk trim level with the heaviest starting curb weight (5,521 pounds) among Grand Cherokee 4xe variants and has knobby off-road tires. As summer road trip season picks up, it will be interesting to see how it affects the Jeep’s fuel economy.

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