2026 Jeep Grand Wagoneer Teases a Return to the Family, Range Extender

The 2026 Grand Wagoneer will arrive later this year, and could be the first on-sale example of Stellantis' range extender system.

Stellantis is having a busy week. Along with news that the Durango isn't just continuing on but gaining a more customizable, 710-horsepower Hellcat Jailbreak version, Jeep has teased out the first image of the refreshed '26 Grand Wagoneer. Yes, Jeep has, because the Grand Wagoneer—and presumably, the regular Wagoneer too—will be rejoining the brand when it shows up later this year, instead of being its own standalone product. And that's not the most interesting part of the single teaser image, as we can just make out a charge port along the driver's side fender.

There's no mention of powertrains in the accompanying press release: it's a single sentence, a first look after all. Yet over a year ago, Stellantis now-CEO Antonio Filosa confirmed a Wagoneer 4xe and Grand Wagoneer 4xe were coming, so it's not a surprise to see the charge port alongside the SUV's restyled front-end. As the Wagoneer twins sit on a modified Ram 1500 chassis, the leading line of thinking is that the Jeeps will adopt a version of the upcoming Ramcharger's range-extender system. In that upcoming pickup model, a 3.6-liter Pentastar V6 supplies power to a 130-kilowatt-hour generator, which in turn can recharge a 92-kilowatt-hour battery pack. That pack then turns a pair of electric motors—not the ICE—and provides 663 horsepower, with up to 145 miles (233 kilometers) of electric range and a total range over four times that.

Should the new Wagoneers launch with this setup later this year, they would beat the Ramcharger to market, which was last pushed back to an early 2026 release. We'll find out more in a matter of months.

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