We get asked this several times a week, usually by someone who has already spent twenty minutes reading contradictory forum posts. So here it is plainly, before anything else.

The Wrangler 4xe is gone. It wasn't a rumor, it wasn't a one-year pause, and it wasn't limited to a single trim. Stellantis is phasing out its entire plug-in hybrid program in North America, and the Wrangler 4xe was part of that.

What exactly did Jeep announce?

On January 9, 2026, Stellantis announced that, in its words, "With customer demand shifting, Stellantis will phase out plug-in hybrid (PHEV) programs in North America beginning with the 2026 model year." The company said it would pivot toward "more competitive electrified solutions, including hybrid and range-extended vehicles."

That is the whole reasoning, straight from the company. It is not a recall, a quality problem, or a battery issue. It is a product-planning decision about where electrified demand is actually going.

Three vehicles went with it:

• Jeep Wrangler 4xe
• Jeep Grand Cherokee 4xe
• Chrysler Pacifica PHEV

Jeep confirms the status on its own 4xe page today. If you find a page or video saying the Wrangler 4xe is still in production, check the date.

When did Wrangler 4xe production actually end?

Jeep has not published a final production date. We are not going to guess, and you should be skeptical of anyone who names a specific day without a source.

What is documented is the January 9, 2026 announcement and Jeep's current statement that the models are no longer in production. Everything else circulating about exact build cutoffs is speculation.

The 4xe deserved better than a footnote

This is worth saying, because much of the coverage treated the 4xe as a failed experiment. It was not.

After it launched in 2021, the Wrangler 4xe was the best-selling plug-in hybrid in the United States for three consecutive years. Not the best-selling Jeep hybrid. The best-selling plug-in hybrid, period, in a segment full of sedans and crossovers built specifically for that job.

Specifications reflect the 4xe as offered, per 2021 EPA certification. Confirm figures on any specific used vehicle before you buy.

Those are honest numbers. It was the most powerful Wrangler you could buy short of the V8; it would run errands around Montrose on electricity alone, and it did it with two solid axles and a low range underneath.

Can you still buy a new Wrangler 4xe?

Possibly, and only for a while. Jeep notes that limited remaining new inventory may exist at select dealers. That's real, not a countdown clock we invented.

We are not going to tell you there are three left in the country and you had better hurry. What is true is simpler: nothing is being built to replace what sells through. If a 4xe is specifically what you want, the window is closing, and the only way to know what is actually available is to look at real stock rather than a national configurator.

Here is our current new Wrangler inventory. What is on that page is what exists.

So what should you buy instead?

This is the real question behind the question, and the answer is better than most people expect. The 2027 Wrangler still offers three engines, and one of them is a V8.

Availability varies by trim and package and changes during the model year. Confirm the engine on the specific vehicle you are considering.

Correct one more thing while you are here: the V8 Wrangler is not gone. A lot of online content says the 392 has been discontinued along with the 4xe. It has not been. For 2027, it is offered in the Willys 392 and the Moab 392, at 470 hp and 470 lb-ft. If you want the shove, that is the shove, and it doesn't need a charger.

We are not publishing a price for the 392 here, because the two figures floating around differ by roughly $2,000, and neither one is a Jeep number. Ask us, and we will read you what is on the window sticker.

Here is the concession the 392 owes the 4xe, and it's real. Nothing in the current lineup will do your morning drive on electricity. The 4xe's 21 miles of electric range genuinely covered a lot of in-town Montrose driving, and that is gone. Nobody should pretend otherwise.

The verdict

The 4xe is discontinued, and Jeep has been straight about it, which is more than most of the internet has managed. It was a genuinely good vehicle that outsold every other plug-in hybrid in America for three years running, and it went away for market reasons rather than engineering ones.

If you want one, look at real inventory now, because nothing is replacing what sells through. If what you actually wanted was a capable Wrangler, you have lost nothing: the Pentastar is still the sensible pick, the 2.0L turbo is the smart mountain pick, and the 392 is still on the order guide despite what you have read. Come drive them back-to-back. That comparison settles it faster than another hour of reading.