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As tested, our e-2008 GT small SUV is over $67,000 to drive-away in Queensland. You’re a smart little SUV. This SUV is small for such money, and I’m struggling to see how it’ll work as our family car. Let’s start with Australia’s best-selling EV, the Tesla Model Y. Sometimes by lots.
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No Sherlocking’s required to know it’ll morph into a production version of Genesis’ new flagship all-electric SUV, likely to arrive in 2025 to sit above the GV70 EV and combustion-only GV80. Think BMW iX , Mercedes-Benz EQS SUV , Volvo EX90 and Range Rover EV. Purple padding is, er, distinctive. The BMW iX?
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