The electric vehicle tax credit is dead, EV sales are in free fall, and hybrids and gas-guzzling V-8 engines are all the rage.

It doesn't seem like ideal timing to launch a new all-electric SUV in the United States, but Jeep is doing just that.

The Stellantis NV offroad brand unveiled the Recon this week — an EV with rugged four-wheeling looks including removable doors and windows not unlike its boxy, gas-powered sibling, the Wrangler.

The 650-horsepower Recon will start at nearly $67,000 including destination charge — around $20,000 more than a basic four-door Wrangler — and will not get the benefit of advertising the $7,500 federal tax credit on sales or leases, which expired at the end of September.

It'll be built in Toluca, Mexico, alongside Jeep's other EV, the Wagoneer S, and the

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