Chrysler and Jeep Kill Off PHEV Lineup: The Bean Counters Win Again
Stellantis is officially axing every plug-in hybrid from Chrysler and Jeep—a quiet admission that the PHEV compromise never resonated with buyers or engineers. The company claims range-extended EVs are coming instead, though that's a play on words worth watching. This is what happens when you don't commit to either ice or electrons.
PHEVs were always the car industry's participation trophy—complex, expensive, and satisfying nobody who actually wanted to drive.