While Chinese manufacturers are unveiling more and more sophisticated and expensive electric SUVs, Europeans are awakening and working on electric cars at affordable prices that will be cheaper than equivalent gasoline models.
Citroen has already unveiled the e-C3, which will form the basis for Fiat's new Panda. Volkswagen presented the ID.2 all last year, to be launched in 2026, and Cupra teased the Tavascan, which will be based on it. Now Skoda is unveiling its version, the Enyaq, which will be produced alongside it in Pamplona, Spain from 2025, at a joint pace of half a million cars per year.
The target price in Europe for the new crossover is expected to be around 25,000 euros, about half the price of the larger Skoda Enyaq. This means that despite an expected increase in the purchase tax on electric cars by then, the Israeli price is expected to be less than NIS 150,000, a category that currently includes Chinese cars: BYD Dolphin, MG4 in the base version, and the ORA 03 (formerly Punky Cat).
This means that the Enyaq will cost as much as the Kamiq gasoline version, which will be very similar in size. Skoda is ready to say at this stage
This is just as long as the channel will be about 4.1 meters, with a cargo compartment volume of 490 liters. But the dimensions of the ID.2 have already been exposed and from them one can infer those of the Skoda: a length of 4.05 meters, a width of 1.81 meters, a height of 1.53 meters, and a wheelbase of 2.6 meters. The Kamiq, on the other hand, comes with a length of 4.24 meters, a width of 1.79 meters, a height of 15.6 meters, and a wheelbase of 2.65 meters. The cargo compartment volume is 400 liters.
The driver environment includes a large multimedia screen, with a row of physical operation buttons underneath, and a smaller screen serving as an instrument panel. There is also a central console with space for wireless phone charging, deep door pockets, a cargo compartment with charging and sub-floor storage.
Skoda talks about a range of 400 km, compared to the 450 km declared by Volkswagen for the ID.2, with the Czech version also equipped with a base version with a 38 kWh battery and a shorter range that will be competitive against the Citroen e-C3 with a 44 kWh battery giving 320 km and a long-range version with a 56 kWh battery. It will also benefit from fast charging at a maximum rate of 125 kW, which is supposed to allow 20% to 80% charging in about 20 minutes.
The Enyaq will be one of six new and revamped electric models from Skoda that will be launched in the coming years. Before it, the Elroq will arrive, replacing the Karoq in gasoline version, a production version of the Vision S7 concept as the electric equivalent of the Kodiaq, and a smaller and cheaper model than the Enyaq, based on the future Volkswagen ID.1 and competing against the Dacia Spring, the Lifan 03, and the European model of the BYD Dolphin. At the same time, the regular and sporty versions of the Enyaq will undergo facelifts.