Packaging the winch in future Jeep EVs will be much easier than aftermarket units, like in the front fascia or engine bay, as shown in the patent diagram.

An FCA patent application shows how future EVs could leverage hardware they already carry to make an onboard winch lighter and more powerful.

The Jeep Grand Cherokee is getting a light facelift for the 2026 model year, bringing new front-end styling and reworked center-console controls.

We’re fairly certain that when Chrysler’s engineering team axed the WJ’s traditional solid front axle in favor of a completely independent arrangement in the ’05 Grand WK, what they didn ...

But the notion of the weight of a bumper-mounted electric winch makes your engineers twitch. Wait a second, there’s a perfectly powerful electric motor sitting right next to the front axle.