Skoda’s smallest and least expensive electric model – Preview

Although the Volkswagen Group clearly focuses on the masses with Skoda, that brand currently has just as many electric cars on offer as Porsche. Indeed: one. Although the Enyaq iV does have a regular and a slick Coupé variant. Audi and Volkswagen already offer several EVs. That’s not that crazy. For the time being, electric cars are relatively expensive and Audi and Volkswagen drivers are more willing to pay for the benefits of full electrification. But the Czechs are not leaving it at that. On the contrary. At the Skoda headquarters in Mladá Boleslav, plans are ready for an extensive electric offensive.

Smallest of six

Until 2026, Skoda will launch no less than six new electric models on the market. The Enyaq iV and the Enyaq iV Coupé will receive successors, there will be a larger seven-seater SUV, a station wagon and an equivalent of the Karoq, which will be called Eloq; all electric. The newcomer of which the Czechs will undoubtedly sell the most copies, will be a compact crossover that you can consider as the electric equivalent of the Kamiq. For that as yet nameless electric crossover – we expect its name to start with an E and end with a Q – Skoda gives an expected European entry price of €25,000. That is striking, because Volkswagen will introduce the ID2 in a few years, which should cost just under 25 grand. Wasn’t Skoda just the economical alternative to Volkswagen? Certainly. And that remains the case. The ID2 will be the electric alternative to the Polo. So just a hatchback. In addition, the ID2 will have a crossover brother that will undoubtedly cost more than 25 grand. The electric compact Skoda is cheaper than its alternative from Volkswagen and that from Cupra: the Raval previously referred to as Urban Rebel.

The small electric Skoda measures 4.10 meters and will soon be practically the same size as the Fabia, which will be available in parallel for a few years. The Fabia is already spacious for its class, but the electric crossover promises to be a ballroom. The space in the interior must be comparable to that of the Scala, which is almost 30 centimeters longer.

Like its cousins ​​from VW and Cupra, the smallest plug-in Czech will be on the MEB Entry platform, an adapted version of the MEB base of the Enyaq iV, among others. Count on versions with a range of up to 400 to 450 kilometers and perhaps there will be an RS-like top model with an electric heart that is about 230 hp.

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New stage

With the Vision 7S, the Czechs already showed last year which design path they will take in the coming years, so even the smallest electric Skoda will look nothing like what you can now buy from the brand. Skoda hangs up the relatively large grille still present on the Enyaq iV and opts for a front with only relatively narrow cooling openings. The headlights divided over two layers as you know them from the Kamiq and the Karoq, for example, are returning to a certain extent, although Skoda opts for one or more vertical LED elements that function as actual headlights in addition to a horizontal stripe of LED lighting. With its clean, straight lines and angled corners that alternate with rounded shapes, the manufacturer opts for a not too playful and rather serious look.

The electric cars that he will soon encounter are very different. For example, Renault comes with the electric 5 overloaded with retro design, and a crossover will be added in the form of a 4-inspired ‘4ever’. If the EV9 gives a hint of what we can expect from Kia in this segment, then those Koreans – just like Hyundai probably – will come up with very different looking models. Something for everyone, which is a welcome change given the current times of aggressive car design.

Like the crossover version of the ID2, Skoda’s potential electric price packer will roll off the assembly line in Pamplona, ​​Spain, from 2025. Volkswagen is now screwing together the Polo, T-Cross and Taigo there.