Skoda has announced the acceleration of the electrification plan of the model range and presented the concept of a seven-seater fully electric SUV, which will have an autonomy of more than 600 km. Skoda wants 70% of the new cars it sells in Europe to be electric by 2030, and has announced an additional investment of €5.6 billion to do so.
With 48,000 customers in 2021, the Skoda Enyaq was the fifth best-selling electric car in Europe, behind the Volkswagen Tesla Model 3, ID 3 and ID 4 and the Renault Zoe.
Skoda says it will release an electric city model, a compact SUV and a seven-seater SUV by 2026. By 2027 – 2029, an electric version of the Fabia and another model may be released.
In addition to electric ones, in 2023 Skoda will introduce new generations of Superb and Kodiaq models. The most expensive Skoda model to date is fully electric: the Enyaq Coupé iV RS 220 kW (299 hp) costs more than €58,000.
Skoda boss Klaus Zellmer said that one of the difficult things is to launch an all-electric version of the Fabia that costs no more than the combustion engine version. Battery costs are high, especially for low-cost cars, and we’ll have to wait a few more years for those costs to come down, Zellmer says.
Volkswagen Group has suggested that for mass brands in the future, they will release small all-electric city SUVs with prices starting at 20,000 euros.
Last year, Skoda sold 49,000 electric cars in Europe, taking the 8th place in the list of brands.
Sources: Automotive News, Autocar UK, Skoda
Source: Hot News RO
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