

Full Tire DetailsĪn Original Equipment tire with versatility and year-round traction for wherever the road takes you. Trusted for original equipment on leading pick-up trucks. Our best tire for highway driving with enhanced traction, optimized tread wear and handling on wet roads - complemented by a quiet ride. The bold aggressive tread design is great for work truck towing and hauling. Full Tire DetailsĪ workhorse tire for rugged off-road terrain - including snow - that still offers a quieter ride on paved roads. For both everyday highway driving and going off-road at a moment's notice. Our best tire for versatility on- and off-road, featuring DuPont ™ Kevlar® for rugged strength - plus superior traction through rain and snow. Choosing a tire with a lower load index than the original equipment specifications means that the tire will not carry the load capacity of the original. The higher the tire's load index number, the greater its load carrying capacity. The load index indicates the maximum weight that a tire can support when properly inflated. Choosing a tire with an equal or greater speed rating than the original equipment tire is generally recommended. So will this thing be a bona fide off-roader or a zero-emissions crossover with removable doors? It’s impossible to say right now, but I’m eager to learn more.The speed rating tells you the maximum speed capability of the tire when properly inflated. That’s pretty darn big for a crossover, but still smaller than 34s that come stock on Rivians and the 35s fitted to the Hummer. It appears to be 265/70-18, which works out to 32.6 x 10.4 inches in English. The only number I can find here is tire size, which has been photoshopped off all but one of these press images. But again, the company isn’t talking numbers yet. I’m almost certain this Jeep will be more affordable, lighter, and have less range. That truck costs $112,500 and weighs a positively ridiculous 9,063 pounds. But over relatively moderate off-road terrain, I saw efficiency plummet to just 0.4 miles/kWh, which given that vehicle’s 205 kiloWatt hour battery pack, adds up to just 82 miles. The GMC Hummer EV I drove back in April offers an official range of 329 miles in mixed city and highway driving. This is the single biggest barrier to their adoption as adventuremobiles. But the range of any electric vehicle obviously decreases massively off-road. (Photo: Jeep)Īs for range, the Rubicon is 22 miles long, and its eastern terminus is a 9.9-mile drive from the closest EV charging station in Tahoe City. No word on whether this will be optional or standard. The Recon also appears to have a folding cloth roof. Jeep also advertises the fact that its own Cherokee Trailhawk-a unibody crossover-can complete the trail. So the Rubicon can be completed even by fairly road-biased vehicles. While it’s fun to test your driving skills and your heavily-modified 4×4’s cabilities on the really tricky stuff, you can also just drive around most of it on relatively easy terrain. Like many other 4×4 trails, most of the Rubicon’s toughest obstacles are optional. But is getting across it, and doing so with enough range to drive to the nearest charging station, really that big of a challenge? The Rubicon Trail, which runs across California’s Sierra Nevada mountains is widely considered the most difficult off-road trail in America. and reach the end of the trail with enough range to drive back to town and recharge.” The externally-mounted full-size, matching spare is an encouraging sign. Beyond that, we only have these images.Īside from range and price, the big question about the Recon is: Just how good will this thing be off-road?Īt the September 8 launch event, Jeep CEO Christian Meunier said, “The all-new, all-electric Jeep Recon has the capability to cross the mighty Rubicon Trail, one of the most challenging off-road trails in the U.S. We know order books will open in early 2023, we know it will be made in America, and we know know it has electronically locking differentials on both axles. Jeep hasn’t released too many details yet. Recovery points are painted blue, a hallmark of Jeep’s new 4XE electric sub-brand. When it reaches consumers in 2024, it’ll exist alongside the Wrangler, which Jeep says will remain considerably more capable off-road. What this Jeep Recon will not be doing is replacing the Jeep Wrangler, and that model’s internal combustion powertrain. Thanks to that last feature, the company says it’ll be capable of tackling challenging overlanding trails, too. The doors bolt off, the windows detach, and the differentials lock. On September 8, Jeep announced its first all-electric vehicle.
