Hyundai’s new small electric car is its cheapest yet, but it’s not as affordable as Chinese rivals that offer more space and longer ranges.
- 2025 Hyundai Inster pricing and specifications
- New small EV is the brand’s cheapest yet
- Cross variant with rugged styling
- Priced from $39,000 before on-road costs
The pint-sized 2025 Hyundai Inster electric car will start from less than $40,000 before on-road costs in Australia when it arrives in showrooms imminently.
But it will push above $40,000 once on the road, and it is $9000 dearer than the most affordable BYD Dolphin – or $3000 more than an MG 4 – both bigger cars with longer driving ranges.
The Inster – a four-seat city hatch slightly smaller than a Suzuki Swift – will be offered in three model grades, including an off-road-styled Cross variant with different bumpers and an optional roof basket.
Prices start from $39,000 before on-road costs for the 327km-range Standard Range, or an estimated $42,000 drive-away – in line with expectations of a sub-$40K RRP, but more expensive than a Dolphin Dynamic ($29,990), Australia’s cheapest EV.
It will also compete with the GWM Ora Standard Range ($33,990 drive-away) and MG 4 Excite 51 ($36,990 drive-away).
The Inster Extended Range is priced from $42,500 before on-roads, while the Cross is $45,000, with either a sunroof or a roof basket.
Powering the Standard Range is a 71.1kW/147Nm front electric motor and 42kWh battery pack, good for a claimed 327km of driving range in European WLTP testing, and 0-100km/h acceleration in 11.7 seconds.
The Extended Range adds a 49kWh battery – also with nickel-manganese-cobalt chemistry – and an 84.5kW/147Nm motor, for 360km of claimed range, and a 10.6sec 0-100km/h time.
Adding the roof basket to the Cross – which uses the 49kWh pack – drops the claimed WLTP range from 360km to 293km.
Hyundai claims a 30-minute 10 to 80 per cent fast charging time at up to 85.3kW, but a 120kW charger is needed to achieve that as anything less cannot supply enough current to account for the Inster’s low battery voltages.
AC charging at up to 10.5kW is offered – through an onboard charger – for empty to full charge times on a 16-amp plug of four hours, and four hours and 35 minutes for the two battery packs.
Paddle shifters to adjust the regenerative braking strength are standard, as well as vehicle-to-load support for powering electrical devices using the car’s battery.
Standard equipment across the range includes LED headlights, dual 10.25-inch interior displays, keyless entry and start, wireless phone charging, a suite of safety features, and sliding rear seats that vary boot space from 238L to 351L.
Higher grades add heated and ventilated front seats, a heated steering wheel, blind-spot cameras, front parking sensors, 17-inch alloys, and ambient cabin lighting.
Unique to the Cross are off-road-styled bumpers, a different wheel design, and body trim such as embossed side sills.
Black cloth seats are fitted to the Standard Range, with the Extended Range offering black or two-tone brown/beige cloth, and the Cross offering black or grey/khaki leather-appointed trim.
The 2025 Hyundai Inster is available now.
2025 Hyundai Inster price in Australia
- Inster Standard Range – $39,000
- Inster Extended Range – $42,500
- Inster Cross – $45,000 (with roof basket or sunroof)
Note: All prices above exclude on-road costs.
2025 Hyundai Inster Standard Range standard features include:
- 42kWh battery and 71.1kW/147Nm electric motor
- Four seats
- 15-inch alloy wheels with tyre repair kit
- LED projector headlights with auto high beam
- LED daytime-running lights
- Silver front and rear skid plates
- Black bumper garnishes and window trim
- 10.25-inch infotainment touchscreen with digital radio
- 10.25-inch digital instrument cluster
- Keyless entry and start
- Wireless phone charger
- Single-zone climate control
- Two USB-C and one USB-A port
- Six-way manually-adjustable driver’s seat
- Sliding rear seats with 50:50 split folding
- Cloth seat upholstery (sourced from recycled PET plastic)
- Leather-wrapped and ‘soft paint’ dashboard accents
- Leather-trimmed steering whel
- Vehicle-to-load support
- Heat pump
- Rain-sensing wipers
- Tinted glass
- Autonomous emergency braking with intersection awareness
- Adaptive cruise control with navigation integration
- Lane-keep assist
- Lane following assist (Highway Driving Assist)
- Blind-spot monitoring with braking function
- Rear cross-traffic alert with braking function
- Traffic sign recognition
- Driver attention warning with in-cabin camera
- Rear occupant alert
- Door exit warning
2025 Hyundai Inster Extended Range adds (over Standard Range):
- 49kWh battery and 84.5kW/147Nm electric motor
- 17-inch alloy wheels
2025 Hyundai Inster Cross adds (over Extended Range):
- Unique 17-inch alloy wheels
- Cross-specific front and rear bumpers, skid plates
- Embossed side sills and door garnish
- Sunroof with manual sunshade
- Leather-appointed upholstery
- Heated and ventilated front seats
- Flat-folding front seat backrests
- Heated steering wheel
- Blind-spot cameras
- 360-degree camera
- Front parking sensors
- Low-speed rear autonomous emergency braking for car parks
- Auto-dimming rear-view mirror
- 64-colour ambient interior lighting
- Pad print upper interior door garnish
- ‘Smart temperature comfort control system’
- Roof rails
- Rear privacy glass
The no-cost Roof Basket Option Pack adds:
- Black roof basket
- Black contrast roof and windscreen pillars
- Sunroof deleted
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