That still left plenty of space in the generous rear footwells, so I was also able to return a borrowed patio heater to my dad and collect a recently acquired second-hand footstool while I was out and about: driving is all about efficiency in 2025.
The G80 took it all like a champ, of course, with no cramming or contorting needed to squeeze everything in, and there was barely any jingling and jangling from my rubbish on the way there – despite the awful state of the roads and the ridiculous number of speed bumps en route.
Who needs a Transit? Errands dispatched, and the next day it was time to use the Genesis as intended, with a scheduled photoshoot necessitating a 200-mile motorway journey – and a tight timeframe that le no opportunity for charge stops.
Fortunately,, even with the temperature just below 8deg C, the G80 was promising a little under 260 miles on an 85% charge, and that figure only dipped slightly once I’d whisked it up to 70mph on the M25.
I arrived at my East Midlands destination with more than enough to get home again, even with the heater on all of the time and a less-than-cautiously applied right foot.
This is plainly not conceived as a do-it-all car, but it does a pretty convincing impression of one. The G80 is practical, efficient, smooth, quick, handsome and luxurious. It’s also remarkably short on compromise and fits into my life as well as any EV yet has – even if it didn’t quite fit down my road.
Felix Page
Final update
About halfway through my time with the excellent G80 Electrified, Genesis announced that henceforth customers would be encouraged to buy from stock, of which there seemed to be plenty.
The inference was clear: people were more reluctant to go electric than marketers had predicted, and they were especially reluctant to shell out for premium EVs, because of the allegedly weak residual values, as declines in Porsche Taycan, Jaguar I-Pace and Tesla prices had made abundantly clear.
At that stage, my relationship with the G80 was already well developed. Despite its occasionally inconvenient 5m length and small boot, it had rapidly become my car of choice for all significant journeys, on account of its economy, comfort, refinement and impressive range, even in winter.