Skoda Elroq coming soon – price, specs and release info

Having previously teased us with disguised pictures Skoda has fully revealed the Elroq, an electric family SUV that’s about the size of a Karoq and coming soon. It comes with a variety of battery options, but the headline is that one of them will give the Elroq a claimed range of up to 360 miles.
• Skoda calls family sized Elroq SUV “an electric alternative to the Karoq” • Three battery options, comprising Elroq 50 (55kWh), Elroq 60 (63kWh) and Elroq 85 (82kWh) • The 82kWh version has a claimed of 360 miles • Every version can charge from 10-80 per cent in less than half an hour, assuming you fan find a suitably powerful charger • Base model has 170 horsepower; top model has 286 horsepower • 470-litre boot and 48-litres of interior storage • Clever use of space including an adjustable parcel shelf • Prices start at a reasonable sounding £31,500

Having previously shared disguised pictures Skoda’s ‘Modern Solid design language’ is now revealed in all its glory. Think neatness and straight lines. Cargo trousers and half-zip fleeces. Cheese and crackers. Skoda does say it has a “strongly contoured bonnet” though. Excite.
Having teased us with four models originally Skoda has confirmed three, the number indicating the battery size and progressing from Elroq 50 through Elroq 60 and Elroq 85. These are all rear-motor, rear-wheel drive with power outputs going 170, 204 and 285 horsepower respectively. The 300 horsepower twin-motor, all-wheel drive 85x mentioned previously isn’t currently on the UK pricelist but may join the range later – watch this space.

Usual Skoda stuff here, with functional design and a little bit of snazz in the form of … orange seatbelts. The digital driver display is the same five-inch one that's in the Enyaq, and that there’s an optional head-up display including an augmented reality function. The infotainment screen is 13 inches, and Skoda has done the same transformative job with it that Gordon Ramsey does weekly on Kitchen Nightmares, namely “simplified the menu”.
Skoda is also claiming increased sustainability from the Elroq, including swathing much of the interior in a fabric called Recytitan, which is 78 per cent recycled bottles. Plenty of space, too. The boot is 470 litres, rising to 1,580 with the rear seats down – about 50 litres less than the Karoq. Interior storage is 48 litres, some of it coming by way of brand new ‘Simply Clever’ features – Skoda’s name for little practicality flourishes that make life easier. In the Elroq they include a storage net for your charging cable under an adjustable parcel shelf, and a QR code in the boot that you can scan to find videos explaining the car’s tech and practicality features. New tech includes a remote parking feature, so you can get out of your car then use your smartphone to park it up instead. You can even ‘train’ it to park itself in particular spaces, which the car will recognise from up to 50 metres away. There's some top-quality Tik-Tok content right there, at least.

A fair few options for the Enroq, starting with a version called 50, which has a 170-horsepower motor driving the rear wheels and a 55kWh battery. The 60 version has a 204-horsepower motor and a 63kWh battery, and the 85 has an 82kWh battery. Range figures go 230 miles, 260 miles and 360 miles respectively.

A Karoq starts at £30,000, the £31,500 starting price for the Elroq impressively close and making an electric Skoda more affordable than ever. All but the top of the range Sportline 85 are under £40,000 as well, which is impressive given the kit.

Being a medium-sized electric SUV places the Elroq in the path of all manner of other medium-sozed electric SUVs. Stuff like the Hyundai Kona Kona, Kia Niro, Fiat 600e, Volkswagen ID.4, Jeep Avenger, Alfa Romeo Junior, BMW iX1, Audi Q4 e-tron… it goes on and on and on and on. Don’t stop believing.

Skoda has already made its plans for the electrification of the brand quite clear, and says this is the first of “six battery electric models over the coming years.” We recently saw concept renderings of the smart-looking Epiq small EV, which you can see here, and we know that the the Enyaq and Enyaq Cooupe will be updated shortly too. That’s four. The other two will be a Superb-sized estate and a big SUV. All Skoda EVs have a ‘q’ on the end of their name, so we’re expecting the estate to be called ‘Functionalistiq’ and the SUV ‘Gigantiq’. Place your bets now. Disclaimer: don’t place a bet – we have no specifiq information on this. Nor are we psychiq.