1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:05,280 For whatever reason, manufacturers seem to think that electric car buyers want an iPad 2 00:00:05,280 --> 00:00:09,740 grafted to a dash or nothing else, and what we actually want is this right here, a mom 3 00:00:09,740 --> 00:00:16,600 wagon with 500 horsepower. This is the GV70 Electric, and it might be the best sleeper on the market. 4 00:00:16,600 --> 00:00:22,400 Let's have a look. The only thing on this car that will tip you off that it's electric is the lack of a grill 5 00:00:22,400 --> 00:00:27,280 rate here. And also, if you press on this little logo, you get the charging port. 6 00:00:27,280 --> 00:00:33,560 There we get up to 250 kilowatt DC fast charging, which will take you from 10 to 80 percent 7 00:00:33,560 --> 00:00:37,000 in 18 minutes in a lab. 8 00:00:37,000 --> 00:00:41,160 In the real world, you're not going to see sustained charging rates that high, but at 9 00:00:41,160 --> 00:00:46,200 the same time, it does charge quite quickly. I think the design overall looks fantastic. 10 00:00:46,200 --> 00:00:51,560 I really like Genesis's double headlights here, even though the color of ours, I think 11 00:00:51,560 --> 00:00:55,400 sucks. I would absolutely spend the extra money to get the matte paint. 12 00:00:55,400 --> 00:01:01,440 It looks so much better. On the side, we've got some 20-inch rims, which I think look pretty cool, but this would 13 00:01:01,440 --> 00:01:07,440 probably look amazing on some Rota forms. We also have some massive four-piston calipers. 14 00:01:07,440 --> 00:01:12,480 Over here, we've got door handles that just function like normal door handles, incredible 15 00:01:12,480 --> 00:01:16,520 innovation Genesis, and also we have auto-dimming side mirrors. 16 00:01:16,520 --> 00:01:23,760 I absolutely love that. Around back, we've got what I think is the only mediocre angle of this car, kind of a 17 00:01:23,760 --> 00:01:30,040 flat arse to it, not a whole lot going on, but I do not care to admit how long it took 18 00:01:30,040 --> 00:01:35,760 me to figure out that the tailgate switch was up here. 19 00:01:35,760 --> 00:01:38,920 In the trunk, we've got not a whole lot of space. 20 00:01:38,920 --> 00:01:43,080 It seems like that the whole floor had to be brought up a little bit for those batteries 21 00:01:43,080 --> 00:01:48,800 on the bottom, and even under here, we've only got room for our charger and our little 22 00:01:48,800 --> 00:01:53,160 privacy cover. Not tons of space, but it is adequate. 23 00:01:53,160 --> 00:01:58,920 Back here, we've also got 12-volt power, 120-volt power, and manual releases for the 24 00:01:58,920 --> 00:02:04,800 rear seats. Very nice. 25 00:02:04,800 --> 00:02:09,440 Hopping into the back seat, this is an excellent spot to be on a lot of EVs because the battery 26 00:02:09,440 --> 00:02:14,120 has to be along the bottom, especially the rear seat headroom will be sacrificed. 27 00:02:14,120 --> 00:02:20,680 Here though, no problems at all. At six feet, I still have an inch or two of headroom here, and also you can recline the 28 00:02:20,680 --> 00:02:29,400 seats back to about here. We also have climate controls, rear seat, heat, USB type A, a nice little armrest, and 29 00:02:29,400 --> 00:02:34,400 a manual privacy screen so that your kids don't get too much sun on them. 30 00:02:34,400 --> 00:02:38,300 Hopping into the driver's seat, it is very clear that Genesis' materials engineers have 31 00:02:38,300 --> 00:02:44,800 been very hard at work. We've seen so much piano black recently on cars, but they've somehow managed to create 32 00:02:44,800 --> 00:02:51,320 a material that's an even bigger fingerprint magnet, and look, look at this, oh my God, 33 00:02:51,320 --> 00:02:56,760 that is disgusting. Touch around here all the time, every single time that you shift it into drive, use the 34 00:02:56,760 --> 00:03:05,480 infotainment, hit home, you are just smearing, oh look, once you fully finger this though, 35 00:03:05,480 --> 00:03:12,760 the rest of the materials are excellent. We don't have that stupid steering wheel from the GV60, we have just a proper leather 36 00:03:12,760 --> 00:03:15,760 one that feels so good, it's heated as well. 37 00:03:15,760 --> 00:03:20,840 Everything else here aside from some of these capacitive buttons feels great, most of the 38 00:03:20,840 --> 00:03:26,320 controls that you want have dedicated switches, we've also got nice home buttons, and all 39 00:03:26,320 --> 00:03:30,720 of the infotainment can easily be controlled with this little knob right here. 40 00:03:30,720 --> 00:03:36,160 Like sure, it is a bit of a reach if you do need to use the touchscreen, but 90% of the 41 00:03:36,160 --> 00:03:44,080 time, this is doing everything that I need it to. The tactility continues with the climate menu, we've got some excellent knobs here for the 42 00:03:44,080 --> 00:03:49,800 temperature, and although we do have a touchscreen for most of the controls, it works pretty well 43 00:03:49,800 --> 00:03:57,000 and everything stays in the same spot. Also the cluster looks really good, although they do have a 3D effect that looks really 44 00:03:57,000 --> 00:04:01,720 sweet for about 5 minutes until you turn it off because it just is so much easier to read 45 00:04:01,720 --> 00:04:08,160 without it on. For the seats, these are incredibly comfortable, they are heated, ventilated, we have bolster 46 00:04:08,160 --> 00:04:12,800 adjustment, lumbar adjustment, and even massage functions. 47 00:04:12,800 --> 00:04:17,080 In the passengers seat things aren't quite as good, we don't have bolsters, we don't 48 00:04:17,080 --> 00:04:22,920 have lumbar, we don't have a massage function, not that any of that is really a deal breaker. 49 00:04:22,920 --> 00:04:28,280 What is annoying though, is that reaching this screen is very difficult. 50 00:04:28,280 --> 00:04:32,840 It's a bit of a reach for the driver too, but from the passenger side, using this control 51 00:04:32,840 --> 00:04:38,000 is a lot more difficult, especially like volume is a bit of a reach, it's really not that 52 00:04:38,000 --> 00:04:43,920 bad, but it's very clearly driver-orientated and the passenger kind of just eh. 53 00:04:43,920 --> 00:04:50,160 Fortunately though, the storage in here is great. We've got enough room in the cup holder for an LTD store.com water bottle, we've got 54 00:04:50,160 --> 00:04:55,680 a nice spot for your sunglasses, that's something that seems to always be forgotten, absolutely 55 00:04:55,680 --> 00:05:02,320 love to see it. We have got a nice big space here, we have an amazing panoramic sunroof, and down here 56 00:05:02,320 --> 00:05:05,920 there's a Qi charger, nothing you'll ever actually use it because you don't have wireless 57 00:05:05,920 --> 00:05:13,120 Android Auto or Apple CarPlay. Okay, time for a real launch, we've got it in Sport mode, traction control off, and 58 00:05:13,120 --> 00:05:18,840 the most important thing, we have a boost button right here that takes us from 429 to 59 00:05:18,840 --> 00:05:22,320 483 horsepower for 10 seconds. 60 00:05:22,320 --> 00:05:26,320 That hurt. Oh my goodness. 61 00:05:26,320 --> 00:05:31,320 A revolutionary U-Ride. 62 00:05:44,120 --> 00:05:51,360 It has a 0-60 of 4.2 seconds, and this boost button right here is the difference between 63 00:05:51,360 --> 00:05:55,720 the front wheels having traction and it trying to torque steer you into the ditch. 64 00:05:55,720 --> 00:06:02,320 It is quite a bit of fun, just oh my. 65 00:06:02,320 --> 00:06:08,160 The poor suspension in this thing was very clearly designed around a car that does not 66 00:06:08,160 --> 00:06:14,880 have this kind of horsepower because you can just hook it back and forth, it's hilarious. 67 00:06:14,880 --> 00:06:18,480 Boost mode. 68 00:06:18,480 --> 00:06:23,440 Try to take me into the left lane there, I would not recommend launching it in traffic. 69 00:06:23,440 --> 00:06:31,120 Not that you should do that anyway. That said, this thing is no slouch in the corners, we can just hook it in here, use the throttle 70 00:06:31,120 --> 00:06:34,880 to balance it through the corner, and oh my. 71 00:06:34,880 --> 00:06:40,640 The amount of speed that you can carry through a corner is truly staggering given the 5,000 72 00:06:40,640 --> 00:06:46,880 pound weight of this thing. But that said, it isn't perfect. 73 00:06:46,880 --> 00:06:52,760 This excellent handling that we're seeing right now comes at the expense of some extremely 74 00:06:52,760 --> 00:06:58,840 stiff anti-roll bars, which means that when you're going on sort of rough bumpy things 75 00:06:58,840 --> 00:07:03,880 that aren't even side to side, you kind of get the, you might get in like a car that 76 00:07:03,880 --> 00:07:11,600 you've modified with stiffer anti-roll bars. I do have to give Genesis props for how well they have tuned the suspension, but that said, 77 00:07:11,600 --> 00:07:18,520 it isn't perfect. This is 5,000 pounds of car, and it means that to control that much mass, the high-speed 78 00:07:18,520 --> 00:07:25,160 damping can be a little bit on the harsh side, like it's really strange going from a Prius 79 00:07:25,160 --> 00:07:31,320 to a massive luxury SUV, and the Prius is a bit more comfy over bumpy roads. 80 00:07:31,320 --> 00:07:35,400 That said though, for the most part, I would much rather be driving this thing. 81 00:07:35,400 --> 00:07:41,280 It is nearly silent in this cabin, as long as you aren't on rough roads, largely and 82 00:07:41,280 --> 00:07:44,640 thanks to the active noise cancellation that the speakers are doing. 83 00:07:44,640 --> 00:07:49,520 Like, this is what, like one of the most quiet cabins we've been in, Andy? 84 00:07:49,520 --> 00:07:56,760 Top tier for sure, S tier. In here we have the 15 speaker sound system from Lexicon, and it is fantastic. 85 00:07:56,760 --> 00:08:04,400 The speaker locations are a bit strange. They're all on the door here, mids and tweeters, so your phantom image is kind of down here 86 00:08:04,400 --> 00:08:08,720 instead of up surrounding you, but otherwise, it is fantastic. 87 00:08:08,720 --> 00:08:13,360 Now in the ICE version, you get a sub under each seat, whereas in this version, we have 88 00:08:13,360 --> 00:08:19,240 one less speaker and the sub is up in the dash, but the extension is very good, down 89 00:08:19,240 --> 00:08:27,860 to about 35 hertz. Now it is a little bit trebly for my tastes, and unfortunately the EQ is pretty much useless. 90 00:08:27,860 --> 00:08:38,260 The bands are just in the wrong spot, but overall, dang it is good. 91 00:08:38,260 --> 00:08:45,380 Also in here are some of the best driver assists on the market. The adaptive cruise control is excellent and very confidence inspiring. 92 00:08:45,380 --> 00:08:50,380 Like, I went through some dirty north fan traffic and just didn't even touch the steering 93 00:08:50,380 --> 00:08:53,660 wheel the whole time. It just drove me through all of that. 94 00:08:53,660 --> 00:08:58,100 Now the lane centering itself isn't great once you're going a little bit faster. 95 00:08:58,100 --> 00:09:03,140 I find it's kind of always making a bunch of micro adjustments, and I'd much rather drive 96 00:09:03,140 --> 00:09:06,580 myself than just worry about nannying this. 97 00:09:06,580 --> 00:09:09,860 But like, we're coming up right here, this person's stopping. 98 00:09:09,860 --> 00:09:15,100 It's very smooth, very confidence inspiring, and just great job guys. 99 00:09:15,100 --> 00:09:22,540 Look ma, no hands. Now Genesis do have a whole bunch of safety systems in here that range from fantastic to 100 00:09:22,540 --> 00:09:27,580 downright annoying, but fortunately the annoying ones can be just fully disabled and you never 101 00:09:27,580 --> 00:09:33,620 have to worry about them again. Now of course, no car is perfect, and this does have a bit of a flaw. 102 00:09:33,620 --> 00:09:41,420 The range. In here we only have a 77kWh when I would expect something more in the 100-105 range 103 00:09:41,420 --> 00:09:45,820 for a car of this price and of this class. 104 00:09:45,820 --> 00:09:51,420 That said though, you still get 380km of range, and I've been pushing more like 400, 105 00:09:51,420 --> 00:09:57,020 so it is very livable for most people, but if you're road tripping, it'll be a problem. 106 00:09:57,020 --> 00:10:04,820 That said though, I really like this car. It is extremely comfortable, extremely quiet, and wicked fast. 107 00:10:04,820 --> 00:10:12,940 So the GV70 Electric starts at just over $80,000 Canadian, and it stops at just over $80,000 108 00:10:12,940 --> 00:10:18,500 Canadian. There's only a single spec, and it comes with everything that you see here. 109 00:10:18,500 --> 00:10:22,300 The only option is the pink color, which you should definitely change. 110 00:10:22,300 --> 00:10:26,220 I think this stacks up really well against the competition, like the Lyric and the Model 111 00:10:26,220 --> 00:10:31,220 Y. If you're looking for something that is wicked powerful and very comfortable, and you're 112 00:10:31,220 --> 00:10:34,620 not too concerned about that range. 113 00:10:34,620 --> 00:10:39,620 I think that until we get solid state batteries, this is the best that an electric car is going 114 00:10:39,620 --> 00:10:45,980 to get. Sure, it's heavy, but you can hit this boost mode right here, and oooooh, I absolutely 115 00:10:45,980 --> 00:10:49,660 love it. Just like I love you guys for watching this video. 116 00:10:49,660 --> 00:10:53,540 Hit like, get subscribed, and just have a fantastic old day. 117 00:10:53,540 --> 00:10:57,900 See you later. We'll have a cheap car next. Well, it's electric, it's pretty expensive, so.