The Mercedes-Benz EQA is a compact, five-seater, all-electric SUV. Take one look at it and you’ll instantly clock that it’s basically an electric version of the petrol-or-diesel powered Mercedes GLA, but the EQA gets slightly different styling at the front, so it’s sort of like a GLA wearing a Halloween mask of its own face. The EQA is a direct alternative to the likes of the BMW iX1 and the Audi Q4 e-tron, but there are also a lot of other very talented electric SUVs hovering around at a similar price tag, such as the Skoda Enyaq, the VW ID.4, the Tesla Model Y, and newcomers such as the Xpeng G6 and BYD Sealion 7. Being based on the combustion-powered GLA means that the EQA has a familiar look on its side, but it also means that it hasn’t been designed solely with electric power in mind, and that has an impact on some of its performance. It’s also a relatively old model now, which means that younger electric rivals have leaped ahead in the tech race. On the outside, the only difference is at the front, where instead of a traditional Mercedes grille with slats to let cooling air in for an engine, the EQA has a blank plastic panel, decorated with little Mercedes stars and a little strip of LED light running between the headlights.