---
title: "FCA Will Make a Plug-In Hybrid Jeep Renegade by 2020"
description: "FCA will launch a Jeep Renegade plug-in hybrid in early 2020."
date: "2018-10-09"
modified: "2018-10-09"
authors:
  - name: "Stephen Edelstein"
    job_title: "Weekend Editor"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/stephen-edelstein"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/24113/fca-will-make-a-plug-in-hybrid-jeep-renegade-by-2020"
categories:
  - "Jeep News"
  - "News"
  - "News by Brand"
tags:
  - "compact"
  - "crossover"
  - "FCA"
  - "hybrid"
  - "Jeep"
  - "Jeep Renegade"
  - "PLug-in hybrid"
  - "Renegade"
  - "SUV"
  - "suv/crossover"
  - "Tech"
---

# FCA Will Make a Plug-In Hybrid Jeep Renegade by 2020

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Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) is preparing to start production of a Jeep Renegade plug-in hybrid. The eco-friendly model will be built alongside the standard Renegade and its Fiat 500X platform mate in Melfi, Italy, an FCA press release said. The automaker hopes to start building pre-production units in 2019, with a full market launch in early 2020.

The plug-in hybrid powertrain caps a handful of recent changes for the Renegade. [For the 2019 model year](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/21418/2019-jeep-renegade-unveiled-at-the-torino-motor-show-in-europe>), the B-segment SUV gets mildly revised styling and a reshuffled gasoline powertrain lineup. Europe will get a new 1.0-liter three-cylinder engine making 120 horsepower. U.S. buyers will have the option of a new 1.3-liter turbocharged four-cylinder engine producing 177 hp, alongside the existing 2.4-liter Tigershark four-banger.

The Renegade is the second Jeep confirmed to get a plug-in hybrid powertrain. FCA previously announced plans for [a Wrangler PHEV](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/22963/fca-confirms-toledo-plant-will-manufacture-parts-for-jeep-plug-in-hybrid>) that, like the Renegade, is expected to launch in 2020. FCA has already designated its Toledo Machining Plant to build certain components for the Wrangler's plug-in powertrain. That's fitting, given the Ohio city's decades-long association with the Jeep brand.

[In its most recent five-year plan](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/21245/fca-five-year-plan-mid-size-ram-three-row-grand-cherokee-maserati-crossover>), FCA said it would launch 12 electrified powertrains (including mild hybrids, full hybrids, plug-in hybrids, and all-electric cars) by 2022, with 30 different global models equipped with one or more of these systems. The plan was launched under former FCA CEO [Sergio Marchionne](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/22385/sergio-marchionne-an-automotive-executive-icon-dead-at-66>), who passed away unexpectedly in July due to complications from surgery. His replacement, former Jeep and Ram boss Mike Manley, is expected to continue implementing the plan.

FCA has a lot of ground to make up on electrification. Its only current electrified models are the Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid (actually a plug-in hybrid, despite the name), the [Ram 1500 eTorque](<https://www.thedrive.com/new-cars/19333/2019-ram-1500-review-a-21st-century-pickup-truck-with-the-tech-to-prove-it>) mild hybrid, and the Fiat 500e electric car. The 500e is built solely to comply with California's zero-emission vehicle mandate and was never a favorite of Marchionne, who complained of its unprofitability.

## Author
Stephen has always been passionate about cars, and managed to turn that passion into a career as a freelance automotive journalist. When he's not handling weekend coverage for The Drive, you can find him looking for a new book to read.

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