“We have decided not to be part of that segment, we will leave it to our colleagues in the VW Group,” he said. “Volkswagen will have a 20,000-Euro BEV, Skoda will have very efficient engines in Fabia, Scala and Kamiq. We have the freedom of choice, we leave it up to consumers to choose what fits their personal preference best.”
Skoda’s future EV plans
Two new Skoda electric cars that will be revealed next year are the Epiq, a small £22,000 hatchback sister car to the forthcoming Volkswagen ID.2 and Cupra Raval, and a seven-seat electric sibling to the Kodiaq currently known by the codename 7S and likely to use the same MEB electric platform as Skoda’s existing Enyaq and Elroq models. Both new EVs will be shown in 2026 and arrive in the UK the following year, with the Epiq likely to appear a few months ahead of Skoda’s new electric flagship.
Zellmer was speaking around Skoda’s annual results, which saw a record financial year for the brand, including an operating profit of 2.3bn Euros (£1.93bn), although he was keen to emphasise that ICE cars still have a significantly higher profit margin than EVs. At the same time, the brand moved into the top four in the European sales chart, up from seventh in 2023 and 10th in 2022.
