At first, one might think the EV6 GT is overhyped, especially when Kia showed a video of one of those multi-car drag races where this all-electric crossover beat various established two-seater supercars across an arbitrary finish line. All electric cars over a certain price and power point can beat various supercars in a staged drag race. That’s the benefit of an electric motor—or motors—getting all their torque at 1 rpm.

And yet…

If you look at the spec sheets of all the competitors, the Kia EV6 GT actually competes and sometimes beats the current crop of high-power crossovers from established carmakers that are also entering the electric vehicle space, most notably the Porsche Taycan GTS and BMW i4 M50.

Available in dealerships across the country right now, the Kia EV6 GT offers a whopping 576 hp and 545 lb-ft of torque. That’s more than the BMW i4 M50 (536 hp) and close to the Porsche Taycan GTS (590 hp). Kia’s EV6 GT is within tenths of a second of those competitors in 0-60 mph testing. Quoting each manufacturer’s own specs, the Kia hits the mark in 3.4 seconds, the Taycan in 3.5, and the i4 M50 in 3.7. Once you try testing them yourself, with various rollouts and…