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Genesis, Hyundai’s luxury brand, just revealed its first full-size, three-row electric SUV for the US market, the GV90. And arguably it has some of the wildest designs and features in the auto market today.
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Ars TechnicaThe GV90 uses the same 800 V E-GMP platform as other Korean electric three-row SUVs, the Hyundai Ioniq 9 and Kia EV9. A three-row, seven-seat GV90 will be part of the range, and I would assume the most common variant we’ll encounter on the roads. But for the launch, Genesis is just focusing on the four-seat GV90 and the high-end GV90 Neolum; the latter faithfully translates most of the concept, including the pillarless coach doors (which Genesis is calling the Neolum Arch Gate).
CNETGenesis, the luxury wing of Hyundai Motor Group, pulled back the curtain on the all-new GV90 and GV90 Neolun at an event on Wednesday evening in San Francisco. The full-size SUV will serve as the brand’s flagship, riding on a bespoke variation of HMG’s EV platform with the company’s largest-capacity battery to date and a dramatic set of coach doors that open wide onto a cabin that transforms into a lounge when parked.
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Right off the bat, the coach-style doors signal that things aren’t what they seem with the GV90. When the front and rear doors open outward, the B-pillar disappears, creating an extra-large opening into the vehicle — because you’re the kind of person who can afford it.
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CNETGenesis’ new flagship arrives in two configurations: the GV90 has familiar, front-hinged rear doors, but the star of the show is the GV90 Neolun, with its Neolun Arch Gate coach doors — rear-hinged doors on both sides that swing backward, opening onto a large, pillarless portal into the cabin.
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Genesis is calling it the Neolun Arch Gate, “the world’s first independently opening and closing hidden B-pillar coach door.” But it’s more than just that.
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CNETHyundai says the Neolun Arch Gate is the world’s first coach-door setup with independently opening doors and no center pillar, so owners get a large, unfettered opening without having to shuffle doors in the wrong order. Neolun also features motorized swiveling front bucket seats that rotate 180 degrees to face into the cabin, turning the interior into a lounge-like, face-to-face space for socializing or business while parked or charging, activated by a button on the door trim.
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HMG’s biggest battery yet GV90 models come with a massive 123.5-kWh high-voltage battery, the largest pack of any HMG EV yet. (For comparison, the Kia EV9 packs 99.8 kWh, and the Hyundai Ioniq 9 packs 110.3 kWh.) Genesis’ internal estimates put the range at around 310 miles in the lighter, 7-seat, standard-door configuration. For longer trips, a 350-kW fast charger can take the SUV from 10% to 80% in around 22 minutes. Presumably, the GV90 will continue HMG’s trend of native NACS ports for North American EVs; CNET has reached out to the automaker for comment.
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The VergeThe regular EV stuff is almost the least interesting part about this SUV. The GV90 rides on a 123.5kWh battery with 800 nominal volts controlled by a wireless battery management system. It feeds power to two electric drive units, each with its own electronically controlled limited-slip differential for a combined power output of 657 horsepower and 590lb-ft of torque. It supports 350kW DC fast charging, but the estimated range is only 310 miles.
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American luxury EV builder Lucid Motors announced and unveiled the Lucid Gravity GT-S this weekend during Monterey Car Week in California. The new performance variant of the brand’s three-row electric SUV inherits a 1,070-horsepower version of the three-motor powertrain from the Lucid Air Sapphire, seats up to seven and features a 3.1-second 0-60 sprint.
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01 CNET The new Volvo EX60 is arguably the most important car Volvo could launch right now. It’s an all-electric SUV replacing the most popular car Volvo has ever sold. That’s no mean feat already. And having driven around 700 miles in the EX60 so far, I’m already impressed with what I’ve seen.
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02 The Verge To be sure, as the middle post between the front and back doors, the B-pillar is critical for vehicle safety. This is the vertical metal support needed as reinforcement against roof collapses during rollover. The B pillar also absorbs crash energy during a T-bone collision. And here’s Genesis being like, “What if we got rid of it for the biggest possible entrance into the vehicle?” That’s wild.
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03 Ars Technica Pillarless coach doors certainly add drama to a vehicle, and Genesis has previously told Ars it learned enough to engineer them with all the safety requirements volume production would require. Speaking of safety, all GV90s include the world’s first roof airbag (which deploys in the case of a rollover), one of 12 airbags throughout the interior.
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