Genesis Killed The Electrified G80 So Quietly Nearly No One Noticed

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Show of hands, really galore group present were alert that Genesis sold an EV type of its mid-size G80 sedan called nan Electrified G80? One... two.. OK, truthful not galore of you. Well, if that's nan case, past it astir apt won't beryllium excessively disappointing for you to study that nan South Korean luxury automaker gave nan slow-selling EV nan axe.

The news was confirmed to InsideEVs aft a personification connected X, nan everything app, noticed that nan Electrified G80 was nary longer featured connected the automaker's website. Oddly, location was nary announcement from Genesis — not that it really needed one. Just 77 units were sold successful nan first half of 2025, according to Cox Auto. In each of 2024, conscionable 140 Electrified G80s were sold. For an automaker arsenic large arsenic nan Hyundai group, that's beautiful overmuch a rounding error.

In a oversea of very compelling electrical vehicles, nan Electrified G80 — while bully — ne'er really matched up to them. Its 87.2-kWh artillery fed 2 motors that put retired a mixed 365 horsepower and gave nan large sedan astir 282 miles of EPA-rated range. Those are some solid, but surely not class-leading. That's not overmuch of a astonishment since nan Electrified G80 was built arsenic a converted ICE-powered G80 alternatively than a ground-up EV for illustration nan GV60. That car shares its underpinnings pinch nan Hyundai Ioniq 5 and Kia EV6.

One point nan Electrified G80 had going for it, which a batch of its competitors didn't, was nan truth it was very normal looking. Unless you were a existent car dork, it's difficult to show nan quality betwixt nan state G80 and nan electrical one. When you propulsion successful nan truth that it was a regular sedan, nan Electrified G80 was a refreshing conveyance successful a world of wacky-looking crossovers.

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It's difficult to opportunity wherever Genesis goes from present erstwhile it comes to an electrical sedan. Overall, that portion of nan marketplace conscionable does not waste arsenic good arsenic its crossover counterpart. When you adhd successful nan truth that President Trump has instituted a 15% tariff connected equipment from South Korea, it becomes reasonably difficult to warrant sending it to our shores.

It's besides not clear whether aliases not we're going to extremity up getting the facelifted 2026 Electrified G80 that comes pinch a tweaked look and longer wheelbase. If I were a betting man, I'd opportunity it's not coming here, arsenic there's nary mention of it connected Genesis' website. Who knows, though? Stranger things person happened.

If you still yearn for an electrical Genesis, you're successful luck — you've conscionable sewage to beryllium OK pinch crossovers. The institution will gladly waste you a GV60 aliases Electrified GV70. The latter, which is heavy related to nan now-dead Electrified G80, is already confirmed to beryllium sticking astir done astatine slightest 2026.

Jalopnik has reached retired to Genesis for remark connected this story, and we will beryllium judge to update it if and erstwhile we get a response.