Jeep Avenger Charging Cable

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The Jeep Avenger Electric takes 11 kW AC, which is a three phase figure. On a normal UK home supply the car draws 7.4 kW, and a 32A single phase Type 2 to Type 2 charging cable delivers every watt of it. Before buying anything, check which Avenger sits on your drive, because most of the UK range has no charging socket at all.

Jeep sells four Avenger powertrains in Britain and only one of them plugs in. The 1.2 petrol and the e-Hybrid are self charging. So is the Avenger 4xe, despite the badge: on this car 4xe means the 48 volt four wheel drive system, not a plug-in hybrid, and there is no inlet anywhere on the vehicle. Only the Avenger Electric, sold as e-Longitude, e-Altitude and e-Summit, can accept a cable. If your Avenger has no flap on the rear left wing, no cable on this site will help you.

Assuming you have the Electric, it uses a Type 2 to Type 2 Charging Cable. The inlet is a CCS Combo 2, and the round Type 2 section at the top is the part your AC cable plugs into. The larger pins underneath are for public rapid units and are not used at home. There is no Type 1 version of the Avenger.

The 32A single phase cable is the one to buy. Your house has one phase coming into it, so the 11 kW the Avenger can theoretically accept is not available at a domestic wallbox no matter what cable you own. The 32A single phase lead carries the full 7.4 kW your supply can give and fills the 51 kWh battery in about 7 hours 45 minutes. A three phase cable only earns its money if you also charge at a workplace or industrial unit with three phases wired in, where the Avenger will pull the full 11 kW and finish in around 5 hours 15 minutes.

A 16A cable caps the car at 3.7 kW and doubles that to roughly 15 hours 30 minutes. Put another way, a seven hour overnight cheap rate window gives you about 250 miles on the 32A cable and about 125 on the 16A. On a car with a 248 mile WLTP range that is the difference between waking up full and waking up half full, every single night. The saving on the cheaper lead is gone inside a few months of missed off peak hours.

A Type 2 to 3-Pin Charging Cable is still worth keeping in the boot. It runs at 2.3 kW, adds around 11 miles an hour and needs 25 hours to fill the Avenger from flat, so it is not a primary charger. What it does is turn any ordinary socket into a slow charger when you are staying with family, parked at a holiday cottage or somewhere a wallbox does not exist. Jeep supplies the Avenger with a single phase Mode 3 cable, not a three pin one, so this is a genuine gap in the standard kit.

If you are comparing across the range, the Jeep Renegade 4xe charging cable covers the plug-in hybrid Renegade, and the Jeep Compass charging cable page explains a very similar badge problem on that model. Everything we stock for the marque sits in the Jeep EV charging cables collection.

Every cable we sell is built to IEC 62196 Type 2 and carries CE certification. Type 2 to Type 2 leads are rated IP55 and Type 2 to 3-Pin leads IP67, both rated for use between -30C and +50C, or +60C for the 3-pin. All of them carry a 2 year manufacturer's warranty and ship with same-day dispatch on working-day orders placed before 2pm.

Jeep Avenger Charging Times by Cable

Avenger Electric, 51 kWh usable, 248 miles WLTP

Maximum onboard AC charging speed: 11 kW three phase, which becomes 7.4 kW on a single phase domestic supply.

Jeep publishes 51 kWh as the usable capacity, so these times are calculated on real usable energy rather than a headline pack size. The figure drops in winter and at motorway pace.

Jeep Avenger Charging Cable FAQs

Does my Jeep Avenger actually need a charging cable?

Only the Jeep Avenger Electric needs one. The Avenger petrol, the Avenger e-Hybrid and the Avenger 4xe are all 48 volt self charging systems with no charging inlet, so no cable of any kind will connect to them. Look for a charging flap on the rear left wing. If there is not one, your Avenger cannot be plugged in.

Why is the Avenger 4xe not a plug-in hybrid?

On the Jeep Avenger, 4xe denotes the 48 volt electric four wheel drive system with a motor on the rear axle, not a plug-in battery. Jeep uses the same 4xe badge on the Renegade and the older Compass where it does mean a plug-in hybrid, which is where the confusion comes from. The Avenger 4xe has no socket and recharges its small battery from the engine and from braking.

Which cable is right for a Jeep Avenger Electric?

A 32A single phase Type 2 to Type 2 charging cable suits almost every Jeep Avenger Electric owner. It delivers the full 7.4 kW a UK home supply can provide and charges the car from empty in about 7 hours 45 minutes, comfortably inside one overnight off peak period.

Would a 22kW cable speed up an Avenger Electric?

Not at a house. The Jeep Avenger Electric accepts 11 kW, and reaching that requires a three phase electricity supply, which UK homes do not have. A three phase cable is worth buying only if you regularly charge somewhere with three phases available, such as a workplace car park or a commercial unit, where the Avenger will complete a charge in about 5 hours 15 minutes.

How long a cable does a Jeep Avenger need?

The Jeep Avenger Electric has its charging flap on the rear left wing and the car is just over four metres long, so a 5m cable reaches a wallbox on the same side of a standard driveway. Owners who reverse onto the drive, or whose wallbox sits on the opposite side of the garage, are better off with a 10m lead. Measure from the socket to where the rear left corner of the car ends up parked, not to the front of the car.

How much range does an Avenger gain in one cheap rate window?

A seven hour off peak window on a 32A single phase cable puts roughly 250 miles into a Jeep Avenger Electric, which is a full charge from close to empty. The same window on a 16A cable gives about 125 miles. For most owners that single difference is the whole argument for the 32A lead.