Weekend Car Culture Roundup December 09, 2023
Here we present our weekly Jalopnik series that recaps the latest in car culture. We’ve showcased our most read offerings as well as some you may have missed. What Car …
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Dead In The U.S.: Jeep Renegade
Goodbye, my little boxy friend. Jeep is killing the Jeepster Renegade subcompact crossover in the U.S. and Canada at the end of the year. Mitchell Slaggert’s Rainbow-Colored Jeep Wrangler The …
Jeep Wrangler 4xe has another battery recall over fire concerns
Andrew Martonik / Digital Trends America’s best-selling plug-in hybrid (PHEV) has another battery recall on the books. Jeep just posted recall “B9A” (aka NHTSA recall 23V-787) for the Wrangler 4xe, …
Lotus Debuts Futureproof High-Speed EV Charging Stations Coming To Europe And China
Photo: Lotus Charging infrastructure and range anxiety are two huge roadblocks impeding the mass adoption of EVs, and Lotus aims to nullify them both with the reveal of three new …
BMW’s Electric Gravel Bike Puts A Very Big, Very Fast Smile On Your Face
Automakers around the world are looking for a way into the burgeoning electric bike market. Porsche bought up European bike builder Greyp to further its two-wheeled ambitions, Jeep partnered with …
Stellantis Car Sharing Service Free2Move Is Leaving Portland
It looks like Stellantis’ Free2Move service is no longer free to move in Portland, Oregon. The relatively unknown ride-sharing service is pulling its fleet of free-floating Jeeps from the biggest …
Jeep Wrangler 4xe PHEV Faces Another Recall, This Time For Fire Risk
Image: Jeep Stellantis released a statement today urging owners of 45,230 2021-2024 Jeep Wrangler 4xe plug-in hybrids across the globe to avoid charging their Wranglers and park them away from …
You Might Get Better Gas Mileage In The Jeep Wagoneer As The V8’s Have Been Dropped For 2024
Image: Jeep A few months back it was all a rumor. Now it’s confirmed: New Jeep Wagoneer buyers will be getting a break in their fuel costs if they purchase …
Here’s Every Cool Thing I Saw At The Start Of The Baja 1000
Image: Bradley Brownell For the first time in the history of the Baja 1000, the race is doing a full ‘peninsula run’ from La Paz, where the race traditionally finishes, …
U.S. union workers at General Motors appear to have voted down tentative contract deal
A tentative contract agreement between General Motors and the United Auto Workers union appears to be headed for defeat. The union hasn’t posted final vote totals yet, but workers at five large …