Jeep Compass Full-Electric Review 2025

While there are several global-scale car manufacturing groups, Stellantis is arguably the most sprawling and truly international — both in terms of manufacturing sites and the breadth of brands within its empire. Sharing underpinnings and mechanical components between myriad models massively reduces costs but it also risks diluting brand identity with increased homogenisation. Microcosmically displaying this corporate strategy is the new Jeep Compass Full-Electric.

How so? Well, Jeep’s very much an American brand yet this chunkily styled, five-seater electric SUV will be built in Italy, just as the outgoing Jeep Compass was. Underpinning the newcomer is the STLA Medium platform, containing drive systems and their associated technologies, including French-made batteries, which can also be found beneath a diverse array of other Stellantis models including the DS No8, the forthcoming Lancia Gamma and the Vauxhall Grandland.

Although we’re concentrating on the battery-powered Full-Electric versions in this review, the new Jeep Compass will also be available with petrol engines paired with mild and plug-in hybrid systems that we’ll cover separately.

In the fullness of time the Jeep Compass Full-Electric will be available with three different levels of power, although from its launch only the 213PS front-wheel drive option will be available. It’s good for 345Nm of torque, sufficient to haul this 2198kg family car from standstill to 62mph in a brisk 8.5 seconds. Top speed is electronically governed to 112mph to prevent unnecessary draining of the battery’s energy reserves.

Located under the Compass Full-Electric’s floor, its 74kWh battery pack delivers a provisional WLTP Combined cycle driving range of 310 miles. DC ultra-rapid charging at up to 160kW means a 20%-80% battery replenishment takes 31 minutes — Jeep’s yet to quote charging durations using a typical 7.4kW AC domestic wallbox, although a 22kW AC on-board charger for use at appropriately powerful public connections is available as a £600 option.

For many Jeep loyalists it’s the cars’ go-anywhere ability that cement their appeal, amplified by all-wheel drive traction. That feature will be available on the most powerful Compass Full-Electric models courtesy of two electric motors — one front, one rear — producing a combined 375PS. A larger battery, presently of unconfirmed capacity, will also fitted be fitted to AWD versions for a provisional WLTP Combined cycle range of 403 miles. No details are yet available regarding the third option but we expect it will be a front-wheel drive system with the higher capacity battery.

Jeep claims to have engineered all versions of the Compass Full-Electric to be capable off-road, quoting a ground clearance 200mm and a water-fording depth of 470mm for those fitted with front-wheel drive. No statistics have been given for AWD-equipped versions but their numbers will be superior, credentials boosted further by standard-fit Hill-Descent Control — think of it as a very low-speed cruise control for downhill driving on rough terrain.

Whether that’s going to be of much interest to people new to the Jeep brand is debatable. Don’t forget that while SUVs that look off-road-capable sell in huge numbers, many wouldn’t cope that well with anything beyond some mildly undulating green-laning, with the vast majority never venturing away from asphalt road surfaces anyway. Style over substance, essentially.

With that in mind, the Jeep Compass Full-Electric has a whole host of alternatives in car buyers’ minds, even if it can truly scamper off across challenging topography with little chance of being caught. Of its in-house rivals, as well as the Vauxhall Grandland Electric and soon-to-be-released Citroen e-C5 Aircross, there’s the slinky Peugeot E-3008.

Outside of Stellantis, we expect the freshly minted Kia EV5 to prove popular, while the Ford Explorer and Skoda Elroq — both sharing fundamentally the same Volkswagen Group EV underpinnings — are now becoming more popular sights on UK highways.

Inside the Compass Full-Electric is a Jeep-specific dashboard design, unusually incorporating a number of switches and buttons unique to this model rather than off-the-shelf components used in other Stellantis cars. That’s not true of the 10.0-inch driver’s display and central 16.0-inch multimedia touchscreen, although they have Jeep skins to make them appear at least a little different. The larger screen also incorporates permanently visible touch-sensitive shortcuts for the temperature controls — okay but physical rockers or knobs would be preferable.

Compared with its predecessor Jeep’s liberated an extra 55mm of rear legroom, 34 additional litres of passenger area storage space and expanded the boot capacity by 45 litres to 550 litres when the rear seats are in place. No figures have been yet been provided for total load capacity when the rear seats are folded over but they do split in a 40/20/40 configuration for extra flexibility.

While a wider range of trim levels will be available in the months ahead, launch-specification versions of the Jeep Compass Full-Electric will solely be in limited availability First Edition guise.

It’s a generously appointed package that includes 20-inch alloy wheels, Matrix LED headlights with automatic main beam, electrically heated and folding door mirrors, an illuminated front grille, keyless entry and starting, front and rear parking sensors, a reversing camera, dual-zone climate control, heated front seats and steering wheel, wireless Android Auto and Apple CarPlay plus adaptive cruise control.

Orders for the new Jeep Compass Full-Electric are now open with the 213PS FWD First Edition costing £39,200. Prices for versions in the standard range will be announced during summer 2025 with the first customer deliveries commencing before the end of the year.

Keep this page bookmarked further news on this important new range and to read our forthcoming full and comprehensive Jeep Compass Full-Electric review in the weeks ahead.