Skoda

What Skoda makes

Skoda Auto is a Czech car maker headquartered in Mladá Boleslav, Czech Republic, and part of the Volkswagen Group. Its official site describes a company with more than 125 years of history. The first vehicle left the Mladá Boleslav factory in 1905. Today the range covers small cars such as the Fabia and Scala, the Octavia and Superb saloons and estates, and sport utility vehicles including the Kamiq, Karoq, Kodiaq, Kylaq and Kushaq, alongside a growing set of electric models.

Where it builds and sells

Production is centred on three Czech sites. Mladá Boleslav builds the Fabia, Kamiq, Scala, Karoq, Octavia and Enyaq. Kvasiny builds the Karoq and Kodiaq, and Vrchlabí makes gearboxes. The company also operates plants abroad, in China, Germany, India, Slovakia and Ukraine, according to its company page. Its site links to a worldwide selector that points visitors to country specific information and price lists, so pricing is set and published market by market rather than on the global pages.

Its electric line-up

The battery-electric range on the official site includes the Enyaq and the Enyaq Coupé, a sloping roof version of the same electric sport utility vehicle, and the smaller Elroq. Newer pages show the Epiq, a compact crossover described with a range of more than 440 km, and the Peaq, a larger all-electric SUV that can seat up to seven. Charging times from 10 to 80 percent are quoted between 24 and 29 minutes depending on the model and battery. The Enyaq and Elroq are both described as having five star Euro NCAP results.

Key facts

• Based in: Mladá Boleslav, Czech Republic

• Parent group: Volkswagen Group

• First vehicle built at Mladá Boleslav: 1905

• Plants: Mladá Boleslav, Kvasiny, Vrchlabí, plus China, Germany, India, Slovakia and Ukraine

• Electric models: Enyaq, Enyaq Coupé, Elroq, Epiq, Peaq