Hyundai Motor Group’s Genesis luxury brand has extended sales of its Electrified G80 to Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Virginia, increasing to 12 the total number of states where retailers are authorized to sell the electric midsize sedan.
The car’s staggered rollout is part of the brand’s plan to gradually extend its lineup of EVs to U.S. consumers, Genesis COO Claudia Marquez said in a statement. She said that despite limited availability, demand for the Electrified G80 is strong and that the expansion will help satisfy customers in the queue.
Genesis intends to start phasing out internal combustion engines in 2025 to become an all-EV brand by 2030.
So far Genesis has launched two electric vehicles, including the Electrified G80. The GV60, a dedicated electric compact crossover, went on sale in the summer and is available in eight states: Arizona, California, Connecticut, New Jersey, Nevada, New York, Utah and Washington.
A Genesis spokesperson said the four states just added for the Electrified G80 do not include the GV60.
This month, the brand also revealed the Electrified GV70, an electric version of its popular compact crossover, and plans to debut it at the upcoming Los Angeles Auto Show.
The Electrified GV70 is the third of six EVs that Genesis will launch by 2027. The Electrified GV70 will be built at Hyundai’s factory in Montgomery, Ala., starting in December. It will go on sale in the first half of 2023, but Genesis has not confirmed in what states it will be available.
The electric version of the GV70 could be the first EV from Hyundai Motor Group to qualify for at least part of the federal $7,500 electric vehicle tax credit under the new Inflation Reduction Act. All other EVs from the group are imported from South Korea.
Hyundai Motor Group, which includes Hyundai, Genesis and Kia, previously announced a robust plan to roll out EVs across all three brands in the U.S. and spend $5.54 billion on an EV factory in Georgia where it will build six new models as well as an adjacent battery plant as part of a joint venture with a partner that it has not yet provided details on.
Those EVs could come to market in the third quarter of 2024, but U.S.-made batteries will not be available for them until the first quarter of 2026.
