PRAGUE: Czech carmaker Skoda Auto, part of German group Volkswagen, wants to expand its electric vehicle range to six models by 2026, the company said, further boosting its ambitions in the shift to e-mobility.

The company had previously aimed to launch three new electric models but said in a Tuesday evening release it will launch four new e-vehicles and two updated models in the coming years.

The launches fall under Skoda's 5.6 billion euro (RM28bil) investment plan into e-mobility by 2027.

The Enyaq iV and Enyaq Coupé iV were launched in 2020 and 2022 as the first two Škoda models based on the Volkswagen Group’s Modular Electrification Platform (MEB).

Both models will be significantly updated in 2025 to reflect the new design language that will characterise all Škoda BEV models in future.



Additionally, there will be four completely new battery-electric vehicles by 2026:

> the “Small”, the future entry-level model in the A0 segment,
> the “Compact”, an all-electric successor to the Karoq compact SUV, officially called Elroq,
> the “Estate”, carrying on Škoda’s successful estate tradition, and
> the “Space”, the production version of the 7-seater concept car presented in August 2022, will round off the upper end of the portfolio.

The Estate is the brand’s first BEV with estate body style.

All BEV models will feature the distinctive Modern Solid design language.

Vehicles with advanced and efficient internal combustion engines (ICE) and plug-in hybrid powertrains (PHEV) will continue to be an important mainstay of the company’s model portfolio during the transition to all-electric mobility.

They fulfil the needs of customers as markets transition to e-mobility at different speeds.



 

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