It's their fault. They haven't build an electric Alfa Romeo, Chrysler, Dodge, Fiat, Jeep, Lancia, Maserati, Ram Trucks or Ferrari.
Electric Wrangler/Gladiator with a smaller cross-over version would sell like hot cakes.
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Would it? Seems like a lot of Wrangler owners are either people who strap extra gas canisters to their vehicle for extra range in adventure scenarios OR people that at least want to think they have the option to do so (not meant as an insult).
Most wranglers don't see proper off-roading, none of the crossovers. But even though, you have the whole front trunk where you can add a range extender (similar to BMW i3). You can strap extra canisters - range is not an issue.
What you've got is a superior off-roading machine. With 4 electric motors you can apply torque with extreme precision. Increasing ground clearance is not an issue since you don't need a drive shaft and diffs.
the infrastructure in Europe for electric car was disfunctional until a couple years ago, with few recharge point mostly around large cities having incomplete coverage of ports.
this has been changing fast last year, so everyone around Europe is getting their designs off the shelves and into the dealership
have been saying this for years, they aren't competing with Tesla, they aren't going to work with the same low volumes because their margins are completely different, and they are not falling behind, they are acting on traditional business cases, not being startups.
Ferrari was spun off from Fiat in 2016.
They could still build an electric super card and pool with fiat.