CleanTechnica Tested: Genesis Electrified GV70

Not way back, Genesis determined to drop off a brand-new Electrified GV70 for me to evaluation — and, for the primary time in a very good lengthy whereas, I used to be speechless. This can be a gorgeous automobile. The gentle, compliant leather-based seats and visually clever inside beckon, the chassis pulses with pure electrical energy, and the commanding sightlines over the lengthy, sculpted hood encourage.  Truthfully, if it weren’t for the silly doorways, I’d by no means have allow them to take it again!

“What’s that concerning the doorways?”

I believed you’d by no means ask! See, in designing the GV70 crossover/SUV, Genesis made a variety of very good selections. The lengthy hood and cropped tail give the automobile a sporty, aggressive look whereas the inside, as I’ve already talked about, is a heat and welcoming place to conduct enterprise. Getting from the skin (the place you possibly can admire the outside) to the within (the place you may be coddled by the inside), nonetheless, requires you to open the door — and that’s moderately simpler stated than carried out.

That’s as a result of Genesis designed the doorways to go all the way in which right down to the decrease fringe of the GV70’s physique. In doing so, they make it simpler to get out and in of the automobile with out getting your gown pants (or, you realize, attire) soiled on a doorsill or rocker panel that’s uncovered to the weather.

In idea, it’s an amazing concept.

In follow, it simply means you possibly can’t open the door with out hitting a curb (at worst) or catching the nook of the door on a curb or grass (at finest, beneath).

Be aware that these doorways have been an issue in all places. In downtown Chicago, the place the curbs are a bit greater than the suburban neighborhoods I often visitors, I needed to cease, let the spouse and youngsters off, then park. Greater than as soon as.

These GV70 Doorways Are Dealbreakers

Picture by the creator.

Which is just too unhealthy, as a result of I genuinely liked driving the Genesis Electrified GV70. On the go, it’s supremely succesful, snug, and each inch a match for — if no more than a match for — anything I’ve pushed from Mercedes, Lexus, or Tesla. There aren’t any squeaks. No rattles. Nothing untoward. There’s solely torque, and gentle seats, and luxury. Oh! And cargo house … greater than sufficient to sort out the requisite Costco runs.

Loads of room; picture by the creator.

Belief me: if you may get previous the doorways, that is the one you need.

You’ll be able to try a extra detailed tackle the 429 HP, Genesis Electrified GV70 with 236 miles of EPA-estimated vary beneath on an episode of EVObsession Zachary Shahan and I recorded a couple of weeks in the past. In it, we discuss concerning the GV70’s sunroof, intelligent seating gimmicks, and extra. Get pleasure from!

EVObsession | Episode 6