2025 Hyundai INSTER (Casper EV) review: 0-100 & POV test drive

00:00 – Intro
00:24 – Design
00:47 – Specs
01:14 – Boot
01:58 – Interior
04:12 – POV test drive
05:06 – Ride and suspension
07:25 – Highway
07:47 – Drive modes
08:36 – 0-100
09:51 – Regen modes
11:16 – Range
12:14 – First impressions

2025 Hyundai Inster Long Range specifications:

49kWh battery, 1x electric motor/ 84.5kW and 147Nm
1-speed auto transmission with front-wheel drive
Claimed 0-100km/h: 10.6 seconds
Official average consumption: 14.9kWh/100km
Official range: 370km
Tare weight: Approx. 1300-1400kg
Boot space: 280L/351L
Price: Starting from around AU$40,000 (yet to be confirmed)

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[dingus]

Cracking review mate - nice to see the channel overseas ! Looks like a pretty sweet little package; gotta love the option of flat-folding seats if you’re camping in the rain or had a couple too many.

[SimpleCarsharingDriver]

You are right about practicality. Folding seats and adjustable rear row are really cool features for such a small car!

[nicholasmatthews]

Wow, a fantastic review of the Hyundai Inster from the streets of South Korea. I very much like this small EV which provides amazing versatility for its size. Great to see the 0 to 100km/hr time and the energy consumption. Looking forward to seeing these in Australia. Interestingly the Inster length of 3, 825 mm is only slightly shorter than the Mini Cooper EV which is 3, 858 mm.

[koseku]

the cross version will be my next camper, i sleep at car and v2l, folding seats, camp mode, high interior will be very useful

[Henninchs]

Not the size matters but the inner volume and using less outer and more inner space is actually a very practical combination. I also think the design is inside as outside very cool - not pretty, but I don't care about. Therefor, it is quite special in that price range. I also like to not support Chinese cars, even though they became very good. Hyundai is also an established car manufacturer that has a good network, what makes it much more reliable to me. The charging speed is a bit low but at the other hand it seems to have a very low consumption - so it is OK and maybe there will be a quicker version in the future. All together, it looks like a very smart and interesting car to me.

[brehh]

I really feel that to stand a chance, this either needed to be closer to the 30k mark, OR be the ICE version at around 20-25k to compete with the Picanto and Ignis market.

[stephenwhitworth]

Excellent review, many thanks and a lot of useful information, might have to watch it again to take it all in. I look forward to test driving one when they arrive. It could be excellent for me as I live close to the Melbourne CBD and while we are not a mega-city yet, we will be the size of Tokyo mid century and already some days you wished you walked in the current age.

[gregj]

It would make a great city delivery-collection vehicle for smaller operators.

[lyndabarron]

Has anyone noticed how close to the ground the battery is? I can see some very expensive grounding repairs just waiting in the wings!

[Joseph-plrf]

Why did they choose to sell the electric rather than the petrol in aus? Is it because of the picanto?

[JumpingSpiderDesign]

Cool to see what the South Korean streets/traffic look like! Styling-wise, I've never been a fan of vertical rear door handles. IMO they can spoil an otherwise good looking design.

[mjjferreira]

An average of 7.5kwh/100km is amazing.

[Malc]

Plus, the efficiency— 0 - 100 is with two blokes in the car. It's a great little daily driver I reckon. I'd love one to go round the corner to get the milk and bread instead of firing up the diesel ute.

[stizzygrayson]

Will need to start at 30k to sell, 40k on road for the premium model.

[sseang]

maximum driving distance is over 500km at 70~80km/h.

[jessexi]

Good small city car with excellent packaging but may be a little bit overpriced if it’s starting from 40k given it’s competing with something like byd dolphin or seagull (when it comes to Australia)

[petermate]

Perfect and practically "small"

[Thylacine]

Does the Hyundai Inster come with V2G capability? 

[alocin]

Look at what you can get in Autotrader for one/two yearold ev with 5, or, 6 thousand on the clock for the price!

[jimmyp]

Not really getting the 90's barina dashboard styling, or the whacko wheels, but rest looks pretty cool. Hard to gauge how efficient it is without knowing ambient temp.. if it's warm, 13s in that sort of driving doesn't seem very good for such a small car.