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The big test: EV crossovers

Ever feel like you’re getting old? Look, two marques that didn’t exist here three years ago. They grow up so fast… Sure, Polestar was Volvo’s racing team and go-faster division before its Doctor Whovian electric regeneration, and Californian dentists had access to a Genesis, but in the UK these are brand new, um, brands.

The new GV60 doesn’t look familiar – in fact, to several confused passers by this morning, it apparently looks like a little Bentley. But behind the copycat winged badge, the Genesis is a car you’ve met before.

Being an offshoot from the Hyundai mothership, the GV60 is supposedly the posh, premium, Taste the Difference version of the Hyundai Ioniq 5 and Kia EV6. Same battery, same motors, same

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