Whereas the GV60 is the primary Genesis electrical car constructed from the bottom up, it isn’t really the model’s first EV. That title belongs to the Genesis eG80, also called the Electrified G80.

Genesis unveiled the car on the Shanghai Auto Present again in mid-April and just lately handed it over to reviewers in South Korea. This specific evaluation comes courtesy of YouTuber CarSceneKorea and reveals him testing the automobile each on the freeway and a few extra flowing and pleasurable roads.

Powering the Electrified G80 are a pair of electrical motors, one at every axle, combining to supply 365 hp and 516 lb-ft (700 Nm) of torque. Genesis says the automobile can hit 100 km/h (62 mph) in 4.9 seconds.

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Curiously, the electrical G80 is simply down 10 hp from the three.5-liter twin-turbocharged petrol V6 mannequin however has 125 lb-ft of further torque. As such, the reviewer says it feels a lot faster than the flagship ICE mannequin. He additionally praises the automobile’s dealing with and thinks it’s higher to drive than the ICE mannequin, thanks partly to the decrease heart of gravity.

There are some downsides to the Genesis Electrified G80. For instance, it sacrifices a variety of trunk house as a result of there may be now a big electrical motor on the rear. The presence of the battery pack beneath the ground additionally means the seats are positioned barely larger than the usual automobile, so the driving place isn’t fairly pretty much as good.