- The new Jeep Wagoneer S is quickly approaching its official reveal, which will be held next Thursday, May 30.
- Jeep today released a teaser video that shows the electric Wagoneer racing a Tesla Model Y Performance, and it also confirms more specs.
- Along with 300-plus miles of estimated range, the 2024 Wagoneer S has 617 pound-feet of torque and can go from zero to 60 mph in a claimed 3.4 seconds.
The Jeep Wagoneer S will be the first all-electric model the brand sells to a U.S. audience. That much we already knew. However, as the Wagoneer EV fast approaches its May 30 reveal date, Jeep has released a teaser video that confirms more specs to supplement the details we learned back in January, including that it’ll be a 2024 model versus a 2025.
The nearly two-minute video that was posted on YouTube and Jeep’s other social-media accounts takes place at Willow Springs raceway in California. A small disclaimer at the beginning read’s dramatization—which definitely foreshadows the tone. It’s posted below so you can see for yourself. But the short-and-sweet version is that the Jeep Wagoneer S is pitted against a Tesla Model Y Performance in a mock race.
The video doesn’t end with a clear winner, but the Wagoneer S is seen pulling ahead in the last shot, with Jeep revealing a claimed zero-to-60-mph time of 3.4 seconds—a tenth quicker than earlier claims. With an electric motor on each axle, the all-wheel-drive Wagoneer S will have 600 horsepower. We had heard that figure before, but its torque output is 617 pound-feet of breaking news. That’s also 28 shy of the Hellcat V-8-powered Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk, which rises from the dead to make a cameo.
When Jeep first showed off the Wagoneer S concept back in 2022, it had a target range of 400 miles. That estimate has since gone the way of the Hemi V-8, and now Jeep is expecting the electric Wagoneer to get “300-plus” miles of range when it goes into production sometime this fall. We also expect to learn even more details during next week’s reveal.
Eric Stafford’s automobile addiction began before he could walk, and it has fueled his passion to write news, reviews, and more for Car and Driver since 2016. His aspiration growing up was to become a millionaire with a Jay Leno–like car collection. Apparently, getting rich is harder than social-media influencers make it seem, so he avoided financial success entirely to become an automotive journalist and drive new cars for a living. After earning a journalism degree at Central Michigan University and working at a daily newspaper, the years of basically burning money on failed project cars and lemon-flavored jalopies finally paid off when Car and Driver hired him. His garage currently includes a 2010 Acura RDX, a manual ’97 Chevy Camaro Z/28, and a ’90 Honda CRX Si.