Genesis Electrified GV70 Review 2025: Price, specs & boot space

For those after a spacious, comfortable and premium electric SUV and fancy something a little bit different to the EVs coming out of Germany, the Genesis Electrified GV70 offers alternative styling and a simplified purchasing and ownership journey, which lets you get on with your life.

It’s not the sportiest of electric SUVs, nor does it offer the most space in its class, but the overall package is comprehensive, and it gives you decent bang for your buck.

There's just one drivetrain in the Genesis Electrified GV70, which is an all-wheel-drive, dual-motor setup capable of producing 490 PS and 700Nm of torque. The choice is in trim. While early cars came only in a Sport trim, the post-2025 models come in Pure, Dynamic or Luxury trims. We reckon the entry-level Pure model will suffice for most people, as it comes with lots of standard features, but if you want extras like a head-up display or panoramic sunroof, then you may want to splash out on the higher-end models.

When it comes to price, the BMW iX3, the Audi Q6 E-tron, and the Porsche Macan Electric are three electric SUVs worth considering. If you’re looking for something a little kinder on the bank balance, the Ford Mustang Mach-E, Skoda Enyaq iV and Nissan Ariya start at around £20,000 less.

If you're buying used, you could also consider the now-discontinued Jaguar I-Pace and Mercedes-Benz EQC.

There’s smart stitching and accented trim on the dash and seats, providing a luxury look and feel. Lower down, you'll find some scratchy plastics in a handful of places, but generally not in view. 

While the cabin has a premium finish, a few of the controls and buttons look and feel a little cheap. Things are improved in the facelifted version, although it still doesn’t quite hit the same heights as interiors from Audi or Mercedes. 

The row of shortcut buttons (for Map, Nav, Radio etc) on the centre console don’t have quite enough travel to them and thus feel cheap to the touch, which detracts ever so slightly from the experience. That's maybe why they were replaced in cars from 2025 onwards – the new touch sensitive panels are classier, although not quite as easy to use on the move.

The seats are supremely comfortable, with great padding and support and we found build quality inside to be pretty solid throughout.

While the inside of the Electrified GV70 may not have the modern, minimalist aesthetic of many EVs today, there’s no shortage of screens, either on the original car or the facelifted model.

The original car has a sizeable 14.5-inch infotainment display stands proudly atop the dash, and while it is a touchscreen it’s set quite far back, which means you have to really lean forward to tap with your finger, although it also has a circular control dial on the centre console that you can twist, click and tilt to move around the interface – much like BMW’s iDrive control. Both inputs work well, and the system is one of the more responsive we’ve used with swift load times when moving between screens.

Android Auto and Apple CarPlay are supported, but wireless connection is not, which means you’ll need to dig out a USB cable to get the phone mirroring to work. Once connected, it works well. You get two USB ports in the front as well as a wireless phone charger, and there are a further two ports in the back for rear-seat passengers to use.

Cars with the Innovation pack get an upgraded cluster display that grows from an eight-inch offering to a much more impressive 12.3-inch screen. This includes the option to switch on a 3D depth effect, which creates a bizarre look to the screen. It certainly won’t be for everyone, and we quickly turned it off as we found it more distracting than anything.

The 15-speaker Lexicon stereo provides excellent sound, with deep, pumping bass, crisp spoken word and pleasing instrumentals. Whatever your acoustic preference, it’ll sound great in the Electrified GV70. This extra also includes active noise cancelling, which sees a series of small speakers placed around the headliner which emit inverted sound waves to cancel out sounds from outside the cabin.

The 2025 facelifted car gets a new system with a 27-inch OLED screen. The dial controls remain for ease of use on the move, and wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto are finally available. Cleverly, those using Apple Maps, Google Maps or Waze on iPhone can see the map on the driver display behind the steering wheel, meaning you can have something else displayed on the main screen. Not many other cars have this option.

Smartphone mirroring aside, the new infotainment system includes multiple streaming options, meaning you can enjoy YouTube, Netflix and more while parked up – for example, while charging the car. Top-spec cars get a new sound system from Bang & Olufsen, with 15 speakers and Dolby Atmos, and the active noise cancellation system – although based on our time in the car, we couldn't tell much difference from cars without it.

Another new addition for 2025 is the ability to quickly turn off the now-mandatory speed-limit warning sign. Just hold down the Mute button on the steering wheel for a few seconds, and off it goes – very useful when the system inevitably misreads a sign and sounds a warning for no reason.

The Genesis Electrified GV70 measures 4715mm long, 1995mm wide and 1630mm tall, placing it firmly in the mid-size SUV sphere.

What that means on the inside is a pleasing amount of space. There’s plenty of head and leg room in the front, and space is pretty good in the back too, although the middle seat is a little narrow, the floor isn’t entirely flat, and those over six feet may find their hair grazing the headliner. If the middle seat isn’t in use, you can fold down an armrest which houses a couple of cup holders, but there’s no through-loading available.

You can get heated rear seats and built-in window blinds if you pay for one of the optional equipment packs (and as standard on the Luxury model from 2025).

There are seat-back magazine pockets, while the door bins are well-sized and can take a large bottle of drink. The glove box is also a reasonable size, and there’s more storage space under the armrest in the centre console. In the front, you also get two cup holders and a separate area with two USB-A ports and a wireless charging pad for your phone, all in the centre console. Facelifted models get USB-C ports.

Boot space comes in at 503 litres, which is on par with the Mercedes EQC and BMW iX3, but smaller than the non-electric GV70, which has 542 litres because there are no batteries taking up space.

The load area is flat, making it easy to slide large items in and out without having to lift them over a lip. If you fold the rear seats down (they are split 60:40), luggage space swells to 1678 litres. The rear seats lie almost flat, but there is a small lip between them and the boot floor, which can mean items get stuck when dragging them back out. There’s space under the floor for charging cables, and you also get a 12V socket and 3-pin plug in the boot.

You do get some additional storage up front, with the Electrified GV70 featuring a 25-litre frunk – but it’s so shallow you’ll get a charging cable and not much else in there.

Early cars are fitted with a 77.4kWh battery and with an all-wheel drive electric powertrain. It means you get a 180kW electric motor at the front, and another 180kW motor at the rear for a combined power output of 360kW (which is 490 PS) and a maximum torque of 700Nm.

That will get you a top speed of 146mph and from 0-62mph in 4.8 seconds, but if you use the boost button, you can drop that to a very spry 4.2 seconds. 

In 2025, the facelifted car was given a new 84kWh battery that ups the range to 298 miles from 283. It uses 800-volt architecture, which means it can charge from 10% to 80% in around 19 minutes if you can find a suitable rapid charger.

The official range figure for the pre-facelift Electrified GV70 is 283 miles from the 77.4kWh battery, while the post-facelift model gets an 84kWh unit that promises up to 298. These figures might be a tad optimistic in real life – we found in the pre-facelift car that you’ll get around 250 miles during the warmer months, but during the winter, we saw this drop to around 220-230 with a mix of driving as the cold weather reduces the efficiency of the batteries. Heat pumps are standard fit across the range.

The BMW iX3 has a range of up to 285 miles, but the Audi Q6 E-tron Quattro promises up to 380 miles, which rather puts the Genesis in the shade.

There’s good sound isolation inside the GV70, and we were able to cruise calmly at 70mph with only limited road and wind sound. It provides a welcoming cocoon for you to enjoy and means you don’t need the radio turned up to a high volume to be able to comfortably listen. 

If you add on the premium audio system (optional on pre-facelift cars, standard on the Luxury spec from 2025), active noise cancelling is included, with a series of small speakers located around the headlining playing inverted sound waves to cancel out sounds from outside the cabin. In theory, it works like noise-cancelling headphones, but we struggled to hear much difference during our test drives.

There’s no engine noise (it's electric, remember?), but you can opt for a synthetic sound to be played in the cabin if you want some audible feedback when you press down on the accelerator. You don’t have to have it turned on, however, if you prefer more peace and quiet.

The pre-faclift GV70 comes with plenty of safety tech included as standard, a lot of which involves acronyms. The car includes SCC (Smart Cruise Control) with Stop & Start, HDA (Highway Driving Assist), rear BCA (Blind-Spot Collision-Avoidance Assist), LKA (Lane Keeping Assist), FCA (Forward Collision-Avoidance Assist) (Car/Pedestrian/Bicycle), FCA-J (Forward Collision-Avoidance Assist - Junction Turning) and LFA (Lane Following Assist). Plus, more driving aids are available as optional equipment. There are a number of airbags too, with driver and passenger airbags, front thorax and pelvis airbags, curtain airbags, driver knee airbag, and a centre side (front) airbag.

Facelifted Electrified GV70s get a more advanced version of FCA and LFA and a remote parking system as standard from the Dynamic model, which lets you park the car from outside – very useful for super-tight spaces. 

The Genesis Electrified GV70 was awarded a five-star safety rating by independent safety organisation Euro NCAP in 2021.

As the Genesis Electrified GV70 is relatively new to the market and sells in relatively small numbers we can’t give an accurate idea of how reliable it is. Genesis is part of the Hyundai and Kia family, two brands with good reputations, with both finishing in the top 10 of the HonestJohn.co.uk Satisfaction Index in 2025.

The Electrified GV70 also comes with five years of warranty, servicing, roadside assistance, courtesy car, and map and over-the-air software updates, which shows Genesis is pretty confident it’ll perform for a while. The battery is covered by a separate eight-year/100,000-mile warranty. 

The Genesis GV70 Electric is currently in insurance group 50, which is right at the top of the band and higher than its petrol-powered namesake, which ranges from group 41 to 44. It means it will be relatively expensive to insure, as electric cars are still seen as specialised vehicles by insurers. 

Electric cars – including the Genesis Electrified GV70 – are subject to the same flat rate of Vehicle Excise Duty as any other car. As the GV70 costs over £40,000, it's also subject to an extra surcharge, meaning it'll cost you £620 a year to tax from years two to six of ownership.

The first Electrified GV70 was only available in one trim, Sport, but it's very well equipped with a raft of standard equipment, including LED headlights, 19-inch alloy wheels, and leather seats with electric seat adjustment. Several safety and advanced driver assistance systems are included, including SCC (Smart Cruise Control), HDA (Highway Driving Assist), rear BCA (Blind-Spot Collision-Avoidance Assist), LKA (Lane Keeping Assist), and FCA (Forward Collision-Avoidance Assist, and inside there's a 14.5-inch infotainment screen with an eight-inch digital instrument cluster.

The facelifted Electrified GV70 comes in three flavours. Pure is the entry-level model, riding on 19-inch alloy wheels with heated front seats, wireless phone charge and rear-view camera all included, as well as front and rear parking sensors, a powered boot lid and three-zone climate control.

Upgrade to Dynamic trim and you'll get 20-inch wheels, a head-up display and a surround-view camera system, as well as fancy welcome lighting and some extra safety systems. Luxury trim, meanwhile, adds an electric panoramic sunroof, the active noise cancelling system and the B&O sound system, as well as ventilation for the front seats and heating for the rears, with rear side window blinds too.

Options include the V2L pack mentioned above, as well as Nappa leather seats for an extra £2500.