EV RANGE TEST: 2023 Genesis GV60 Can Go the Distance

Screening the GV60 in the serious entire world

Edmunds exams each individual new electric auto on the similar real-environment driving loop to see just how far it can vacation from a full demand down to zero miles remaining. If you scroll through our EV variety leaderboard, you are going to see that most EVs have matched or exceeded their EPA selection estimates in our testing. Considerably of that has to do with our potential to test in close to-great conditions 12 months-spherical.

Our top rated-of-the-line GV60 Functionality examination auto by natural means came thoroughly loaded, considering that Genesis typically features handful of if any à la carte possibilities. So what do you get about the base GV60 Innovative? The huge ticket objects contain a far more impressive front motor (160 kilowatts as opposed to 74 kilowatts, amounting to about 115 much more horsepower), larger brakes and wheels, an electronically managed suspension and mechanical limited-slip differential, as nicely as a few creature ease and comfort objects like ventilated entrance seats. By the Genesis spec sheet, the Functionality product provides any where from 120 to 175 pounds.

Not remarkably, presented all that more kit, it also loses 13 miles of variety when compared to the base Innovative trim, which is EPA-rated at 248 miles.

Just one point that astonished us about the Functionality model was that its greater 21-inch wheels were not any broader than the foundation model’s 20-inch wheels, and they came wrapped in the very same all-time rubber (Michelin Primacy Tour A/S 255/40 R21). Maybe rolling resistance was a worry below, but to not even offer you the solution of a summer season tire for a “Effectiveness” product is, to be really frank, lame. We’ve read rumors it will be a upcoming option, even so.

On test working day, we inflated the all-seasons to the manufacturing facility-encouraged pressures of 36 psi and 39 psi entrance and rear, respectively, and rolled the GV60 onto the scales, recording an formal fat of 4,860 lbs.

From there, we invested lots of hrs driving our 2023 GV60 Functionality at a semi-tropical normal temperature of 76 levels and racked up a full of 274 GPS-confirmed miles, a couple of miles additional than what we observed on the GV60’s trip meter. That’s 39 miles a lot more than the EPA estimate, equating to an admirable 16.6% advancement.

It’s also 11 miles more than the final Tesla Design Y Effectiveness we examined, a 2020 product with an EPA-believed range of 291 miles. You see how different matters can be in the actual earth. Oh, and the GV60’s system-mates? The Kia EV6 GT-Line notched a 283-mile run, even though the dual-motor Hyundai Ioniq 5 managed 270 miles. Remarkably, the GV60 Performance splits the big difference at 274 miles despite acquiring a whole lot far more electricity (429 hp versus 320 hp) and trailing in the variety race by a large margin for each the EPA.

So how significantly did people 274 miles price?

When the full variety of a auto continues to dominate the EV conversation, electricity consumption is an critical component as properly. Power consumption is what decides how substantially your miles will charge you. The device of measurement for use, the kilowatt-hour, can be thought of as the EV equivalent of a gallon of gasoline. Just like gas, the price tag of electric power varies depending on where by you dwell. For illustration, you will pay out about 11 cents for each kWh in Washington as of this writing, whereas in Hawaii it will operate you about 44 cents.

So, what can Genesis homeowners count on to pay at “the pump”? Soon after charging the battery back to complete, we calculated an impressive Edmunds intake price of 30.9 kWh/100 miles, which is 16.5% more efficient than the EPA estimate of 37 kWh/100 miles and almost as successful as some of the one-motor rear-wheel-travel Ford Mustang Mach-E styles we have examined. Based on that 30.9-kWh/100-mile usage fee, if we lived in Hawaii, our 274-mile vacation would have expense us $37.25, though if we lived in Washington, that very same trip would have charge just $9.31.

If we compare the GV60 to its most efficient opposition, the Tesla Design Y Overall performance (29.6 kWh/100 miles), the exact 274 miles in the Tesla would have value $35.68 in Hawaii and $8.92 in Washington. The minimum efficient SUV we’ve examined, the Audi e-tron (38.4 kWh/100), would have cost $46.30 and $11.57, respectively.