I’m a person that is very reluctant to buy an EV. The main reason is i do about 30,000 miles a year. To be honest i like my vRS diesel. But this EV has me fantasizing lol. However reviews mostly don’t seem great, putting me off a little. I’d like to hear from actual owner’s experience.

Are they fast? Nice to drive etc? Does it do the range as advertised? My main concern is longevity, after 3 years i would have approx 90k on it. Will the battery have degraded much at 90k? Roughly on average how much do you save vs petrol/diesel?

Can't report much on the battery on the vRS as we've only just collected it however we handed back our Tesla M3 after 4 years and 70k miles and it had only lost 30 miles in range.

Our new vRS is giving roughly 3.1 miles/KWh but the car is still learning our driving style. We charged it up last night and a full charge is showing as giving 329miles.

WRT to quality, the interior on the vRS is lovely. Lots of alcantara and the seats are super comfy. Ride quality is excellent however when the car is initially turned on it starts in ECO mode which makes the throttle not so responsive and the suspension quite wallowy. We have now set Individual mode to Sport on the suspension, Sport on the drive train and normal on the steering and this makes the car sublime to drive.

To compare electric to petrol to diesel depends on where you charge it. If you charge at home the cost is significantly cheaper than dinosaur juice. Out and about is another matter with some energy suppliers charging an extortionate amount to charge up. If it's a company car then who cares? Just expense the costs and you'll brag to your mates in the pub that the car only costs you £20 a month BIK.

We love the car. It's our first Skoda and I can say I'm very impressed by the build quality and functionality (we have 3 other cars in our household, Hyundai, Kia and Porsche). The Skoda app isn't quite as good as Tesla's but they are pretty much in a league of their own but the Skoda has old skool buttons that are great. The ADAS systems are a PITA but there is a shortcut physical button that takes you to the ADAS page and you untick 2 boxes and the systems are off.

Hope it helps a little.

I ditched a Tesla Model Y LR in favour of the Elroq vRS. I’d previously had an Enyaq vRS.

The Elroq is such a better car to drive, not as fast but in traffic congested, camera controlled England it is absolutely fine. Excellent ride and handling and extremely comfortable non-plastic seats. 😁

If you are used to driving an Octavia RS, even a diesel one, you are unlikely to enjoy the Elroq RS as much. Best to think of the ev RS (or vRS since you are in the UK) as a spec level rather than any sporting capability. The Elroq is something like 700kg heavier and combined with the higher height and subsequent cog is never going to handle like a 1500kg sports sedan or wagon. Yes it’s faster 0-60 but once rolling the current Octavia will be faster especially at higher speeds.

Yes you’ll save on charging as long as you can charge almost exclusively at home but you’ll have much higher depreciation. The new price difference of £5k is going to give you the first 30k miles of petrol already paid for. I wouldn’t be worried about battery degradation.

In the end assuming the driving dynamic differences don’t bother you, you need to work out with the actual range of the Elroq (including in winter when the range will be much less) maps to your trips because if it means you’d be using public chargers a reasonable amount you’ll be paying handsomely for it and of course have the additional down time to take into account.

For UK roads, 60 mph NSL,s, 70 mph max speed on some roads, usually without much bends and corners. This is real world not parallel universe driving stuff where trips are done like in a Road Rally, Gumball / Cannonball etc. Family / Taxi sized cars.

5 hours ago, Evolution13 said:

For UK roads, 60 mph NSL,s, 70 mph max speed on some roads, usually without much bends and corners. This is real world not parallel universe driving stuff where trips are done like in a Road Rally, Gumball / Cannonball etc. Family / Taxi sized cars.

I’m responding to the OPs question / comment and he drives and enjoys driving an RS now.

Your view is all fine and valid, just don’t then pretend the Elroq is a sporty car by giving it the RS badge. Can’t have it both ways.

Edited 26 January26 Jan by whippersnapper

Just to give an update on the mileage.

We are now at 5000 miles and 3 months of ownership and when the battery is fully charged it shows ~240 mile range. Admittedly we are in the depths of winter and short days so the likes of heated seats, steering wheel, cab heater, headlights etc are on pretty much all the time so I'm hoping the range will improve once the weather does. We also run in individual mode so sport suspension and steering as the normal suspension is too wallowy imo. I suppose if you drive in Eco you could attain 300 miles from 100% battery.

One thing we have found though is that the Elroq will charge very quickly when charging from a Tesla super charger... and yes you can use them by downloading the Tesla app (if you want more info as to how to do it let me know). The battery charged from 10% to 100% in 35 mins. It is a bit of a PITA when charging with Tesla as you'll need to straddle 2 bays so think and choose wisely when using them. The Tesla app will also tell you which super chargers will accept none Teslas.

There are some parts of the infotainment I'd like to see improved on such as changing from one primary phone to another and hanging up from a call (we found you can answer by pressing the right scroll button on the steering wheel) and the comfort access is a pain the the backside but apart from that the car is great.

Edited 27 January27 Jan by Scrounger

@Scrounger If the 79 kWh usable battery Elroq shows only 240 mile range that is it calculating on just over 3 miles a kWh. How far have you actually driven it before charging again. Are you really having that cold weather where you drive? What sort of miles per kWh does it show when it is not that cold?

Edited 27 January27 Jan by Evolution13

Shows anything from 3kwh to 3.4kwh on the dash depending on the driving situation. The car is pretty much driven down to 60 miles in range before charging up to 100% mainly at home on a 7kwh charger however when needs must it's charged using public charging.

Not sure what you mean by not that cold. We've had the car since October '25 so have only driven during the Autumn/Winter months. Short trips using the cabin pre-heat and heated windscreen will also reduce the battery range obviously.

Edited 27 January27 Jan by Scrounger

@Scrounger Yes it is winter, but where are you North West England or Scotland and is that the region you drive in. If it only does 3 miles in this years winter conditions that is pretty poor for when there is proper cold weather.

I can only report what the car tells me I'm afraid.

@Scrounger & thank you for that. But can you not say where you are? Do you not pre condition the car while it is still plugged in when you can. Heating the cabin and deicing the screen. The heated screen uses very little for the few minutes required if that, and the heated seats are not using much energy.

I'm in the Manchester area. If the car is plugged in then it is preconditioned when cold. If it isn't then I don't precondition it.

Thanks. I pre-condition EV,s regardless of still plugged in or not if the weather / cabin is cold enough. I have been driving EV,s for 5 winters now and the range drop is never that much if needing to slow down due to road conditions. Then i am getting more regen. All Season Tyres always fitted.

Hi, how long does it take to charge using the 7w charger at home, and do you charge it using a discounted rate?

2 hours ago, Scrounger said:

Shows anything from 3kwh to 3.4kwh on the dash depending on the driving situation. The car is pretty much driven down to 60 miles in range before charging up to 100% mainly at home on a 7kwh charger however when needs must it's charged using public charging.

Not sure what you mean by not that cold. We've had the car since October '25 so have only driven during the Autumn/Winter months. Short trips using the cabin pre-heat and heated windscreen will also reduce the battery range obviously.

If a 7 kW charger is giving 6.6 kW then 66 kW takes 10 hours, and 89 kW will be maybe 14 - 15 hours. If 7 hours Cheap tariff and actually getting 7 kW then that is 49 kWh.s charged.

Edited 27 January27 Jan by Evolution13

We charged it yesterday adding 39kwh and it took 12hrs 51mins. It was also charged on the 23rd adding 61 kwh and took 10hrs 13 mins.

The efficiency you note equates to 20kWh/100km (sorry not used to the way yo expressed it) which is about right for a so so efficient EV including motorway miles in the mix and in cool conditions. Nothing startling about that. It will obviously be better going slower and when it’s warmer.

I live in the North West, have an elroq edition 60 and drive into and out of manchester daily from about 35 miles away, I have the AC set to 22C and if I pre condition while charging I get around 3-3.2 mi/kwh, without pre condition I get (in weather <8C) 2.7-3.

The long steep pulls up the dual carraigeways/motorways kill the efficiency at 60-70mph but often i'm often sat in traffic.

Im summer I am getting 3.5-3.8 mi/kwh

Thankfully what goes up usually goes back down and regenning can make up for hauling a vehicle uphill. Just not too much regenning that has braking so slowing down when you want to keep going. Not using any energy can be as useful as generating some.

It does indeed :) I know for a fact that when I get to the top of the hill on the A56 (Accrington Bypass) in recent weather I reach the top at a reported 2.5/2.6 since start and the entire downhill stretch can be done at 70mph with no energy input and just a smidge of regen (i use the travel assist/ACC) and by the bottom I'll be at 3, then after that its about 9 miles of mixed 30-50 roads.

Although to be fair when I first got the car I was a bit paranoid/obsessed with the efficiency, but 6000 miles later I don't really give it a second thought any more :)

Edited 28 January28 Jan by Nismex

My best added miles is on the M77 into Glasgow from the South and down through and out and in less than 10 miles i have 30 miles added range that gets me to Striling which i had not enough range to get to until heading down hill. Actually my 160 miles heading north uses much less energy than the 160 miles going south. The journey time being exactly the same. For the Cairgorms & the Snow Roads Forfar to Braemar & back to Forfar doing the 120 miles is done using loads less electricity doing it Anti Clockwise. The same going 40 miles into the Glens from home. Much less efficiency climbing away up to Glendoll than the journey back. 250 meters above sea level back to 90 feet above sea level.