Super-SUV showdown: Porsche Cayenne EV vs Polestar and BMW

Can a big premium electric car really do it all? You might be pondering that question, especially if you own, have owned or have ever considered owning a Porsche Cayenne – the defining, dividing, dominating super-SUV of our age.

Could an electric take on the concept have the same incredible span of versatility to its dynamic character that, over several generations, the combustion-engined car came to symbolise? To handle like a rear-driven sports car at one minute and perform like the fastest super-saloon the next. To cosset like a luxury car; cruise like a limousine; swallow cargo like a roomy station wagon; and then haul, scrabble, climb and descend like a truly capable off-roader. Apart from anything else, could a Cayenne EV have the same aura of all-conquering superiority?