Škoda’s New EV Will Likely Be Its Most Expensive Yet

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Despite doomsday predictions about how the trend to electric vehicles would bury the European, and especially the Czech, automotive industry, Škoda, based in Mladá Boleslav, ranks among Europe’s most successful EV manufacturers.

Following the highly successful Enyaq, Škoda scored another hit in the form of its smaller sibling, the Elroq, which is currently the best-selling electric car in Europe. That could change with the even smaller Epiq, which will have a slightly smaller range but also a significantly lower price—just around $30,000 in US money, though it’s not available in North America.

The Epiq will be a car that, while similar in size to the Fabia on the outside, will offer interior space closer to that of the Kamiq or Karoq. It will compete for attention in the new category of more affordable electric cars with its siblings, the VW ID.Polo and ID.Cross, and possibly the...

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