Luxury electric SUV gets its first facelift: 2025 Genesis GV60 scores minor design and tech upgrades to better compete with BMW iX1 and larger Porsche Macan electric

Hyundai’s luxury sub-brand Genesis has updated its dedicated electric SUV model, the GV60, for 2025.

In what is its first redesign since debuting globally in October 2021, the mid-sized, luxury model has been revealed with a modest exterior and interior refresh ahead of its local release in the third quarter of 2025.

Things start at the front end with the GV60’s overhauled front grille and bumper combo, which adopts a more straightforward, three-dimensional treatment.

Both are flanked by twin air intakes, along with upgraded headlamps featuring 'Micro-Lens-Array' (MLA) technology which enables automated lighting adjustments.

There are newly designed 21-inch, five-spoke alloys and a rear body-coloured skid plate to add some additional rugged flair.

Inside, the GV60 maintains its luxury credentials with quilted Nappa leather upholstery, crystal gear selector and panoramic multimedia and digital driver’s display, which now drops the bezel between either displays for 27-inches of uninterrupted screen.

2025 Genesis GV60

There’s also a redesigned three-spoke steering wheel, which maintains key driver controls such as a drive mode selector and a boost function on the performance variant.

No changes have been made to the GV60’s 77.4kWh lithium-ion battery pack, nor the twin electric motors that provide 234kW/605Nm on the standard all-wheel drive variant and 360kW/700Nm on the top-spec performance all-wheel drive variant.

2025 Genesis GV60

Pricing is unclear at this stage, though it is likely to incur an additional premium over the current model, which starts at $103,384, before on-road costs.

That’s a starting price of $25,016 less than an entry-level Porsche Macan electric ($128,400), but $24,484 more than the entry-level BMW iX1 ($78,900) (both at before on-road costs).