2023 Genesis Electrified GV70 First Drive: Great Expectations

•    Auto123 gets in a first test drive of the 2023 Genesis Electrified GV70. Here’s what you need to know.

•    The luxury brand hopes to repeat the success of the ICE compact SUV with this EV.

Atlanta, GA – The launch of the GV70 compact SUV a few seasons back marked a turning point for Genesis. The Korean luxury brand more or less doubled its overall sales in the year that followed the launch, an impressive jump even if that came from the starting point of a small lineup.

Hopes are that the new Electrified GV70 will provide the same kind of boost, particularly for the brand’s range of EVs. Right now that range features two models – the Electrified G80 sedan and the GV60 small crossover.

In a nutshell, this new model is a GV70, only electric. The dimensions are the same, the interior layout is the same and the two SUVs are built on the same platform. Our focus then, with the first drive of the model we undertook in the Atlanta region, is on what new the all-electric powertrain brings to the GV70 experience, as well as on how the Electrified can expect to do coming in a segment that’s getting more crowded every year.

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