https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new-cars/skoda-confirms-octavia-sized-electric-estate-car-2026
 

my main thoughts… really interesting and I’d love an octavia as I do miss mine.

 

It could do with touching the magic 400 miles for a real world >300 winter miles.

 

Also I know it’s up to 200kW… but why go 400V not 800V.

if it’s RWD, please add AWD options.

Electric estate! This is great, we need more spacious estate cars. 

Having said that, I think a hatchback version based on ID3 would work just as well and could be on the market sooner, 2026 is a long time away. Just like normal Octavia is based on Golf chassis. The hatchback also gives better aero and thus efficiency. 

 

Despite sharing legacy name, it's great to see it is based on dedicated EV platform. 

2 hours ago, wyx087 said:

Electric estate! This is great, we need more spacious estate cars. 

Having said that, I think a hatchback version based on ID3 would work just as well and could be on the market sooner, 2026 is a long time away. Just like normal Octavia is based on Golf chassis. The hatchback also gives better aero and thus efficiency. 

 

Despite sharing legacy name, it's great to see it is based on dedicated EV platform. 

I’m absolutely not interested in hatches as everything is an SUV and I want load lugging. SUV formats are ok but not a patch on an estate. 👍

 

as for the id3/4, that’s the enyaq and personally I hated the 3 and sadly the 4/enyaq shared some of the traits I hated. I wouldn’t touch an octy based on that a barge pole.

 

Currently thinking A6 Avant etron when the ev6 is due back.

Edited 6 September, 20232 yr by cheezemonkhai

2026 is plenty soon enough for me; fits with my usual 6 year-ish car replacement cycle and an Octavia estate is the ideal size/style for me too.

By then I also hope the charging infrastructure will be in place to suit my journey patterns and assuage my range anxiety.

In the meantime I’ll keep enjoying my petrol Octavia.

 

@cheezemonkhai thanks for sharing the link

Skoda are spinning well with AutoCar their favoured friendly publishers and AutoExpress that does publishes anything and republishes again and again.

 

Once they actually turn out the under £20,000 & Under £25,000 smaller EV,s from the VW Group and people can buy them then things will be on a roll.

 

VW Group / Skoda seem to be waiting on some technology advances.

Well past time they sort of the cars they have already sold to people and which have snagging faults, or just pathetic systems.

http://briskoda.net/forums/topic/516412-brand-new-superb-iv

 

 

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There is a factory in the UK started production of just EV.s.  Ellesmere Port Factory.

They might not be the latest technology and not even perfect, but they are building them, not just talking about it sometime maybe.

 

 

 

 

Edited 7 September, 20232 yr by toot

Volkswagen are not going to be selling cars with thousands of faults.

 

That is 'simply clever' of them.  Only products fit for purpose.   They just need to get on and sort out the crappy ones they have sold and been paid for and landed unsuspecting buyers with.

 

http://www.topgear.com/car-news/tech/volkswagen-wont-bring-car-road-again-thousands-problems

 

Edited 7 September, 20232 yr by toot

The bit that got me was the article saying it would still be based of MEB not PPE or an MEB replacement.

 

MEB is not proving to be a platform to have fantastic cars riding on it IMHO.

Edited 8 September, 20232 yr by cheezemonkhai

I'll definitely have one of these if it comes to fruition. It must be Octavia sized though, not an Octavia on steroids! The ID.4 is too big for my needs really and an OCty / Golf estate would be ideal. Riding on the MEB platform is a great plus as the ID.4 is a lovely car to travel in. The updates announced for ID.7 and also coming to updated Enyaq/ID.4/Q4 MY2024 make MEB better and more efficient. I hope they work to keep the weight and drag down to improve efficiency. 4.5 mile/kWh and the 58kWh battery would make the range acceptable. A 77kWh battery in this size of car would be overkill.

Edited 20 October, 20232 yr by Luckypants

I’m ok with the offering a smaller battery as an option, but without a 400+ mile version than can do a real 330+ in winter on the motorway it’s not going to be enough to bring me back to the fold.

Efficiency improvements would mean a 60 and an 80kWh would both have respectable ranges for winter motorway.

 

Chargers are not good enough at the moment, particularly when busy/broken down due to age. Being comfortable that you can do it in one hit both ways is what I need along with a load lugging estate and 800V charging/batteries.