Skoda Epiq, the first Skoda built in Spain, has 60,000 European orders

A compact electric SUV built in Navarra

Skoda presented the Epiq in Navarra on Thursday, 29 October, as the first model of the Czech brand made in Spain. It is produced at the Volkswagen plant in Landaben, alongside the ID. Cross. The 100% electric SUV is offered from 21,500 euros cash, or from 25,590 euros in the version with longer range. Skoda places it in the compact B-SUV electric segment, after the Enyaq and Elroq in its electric line-up, and says the Peaq can already be ordered.

Two batteries and two power levels

The range combines 40 kWh (37 kWh net) and 55 kWh (52 kWh net) batteries across four trim levels. The entry version has a 37 kWh LFP battery, 135 hp and a homologated range of up to 324 kilometres according to Europa Press, while El Periódico gives 310 kilometres for the same battery. According to the brand, it recharges from 10% to 80% in about 23 minutes at up to 88 kW. The top version, with an NMC battery and 210 hp, reaches 100 km/h in 7.1 seconds and offers up to 437 kilometres, although El Periódico cites 441 kilometres from the technical sheet.

Design and space

The Epiq measures 4.17 metres long and has five seats and a 475-litre boot, which expands to 1,345 litres with the rear seats folded, according to El Periódico. It is the first production Skoda to use the Modern Solid design language in full and the first electric Skoda with front-wheel drive on the MEB+ platform. The interior includes a 13-inch central screen running Android and physical buttons for the parking assistant.

Orders and Skoda's Spanish sales

Dealers have logged about 60,000 orders for the Epiq across Europe in roughly three months, since sales began in July, including about 1,500 in Spain. Skoda says its electric sales in Spain have doubled this year and that it expects more than 3,000 electric units by year-end. Spanish registrations reached 32,300 up to September, a 2.7% rise, and the brand expects to close 2026 with more than 42,000 vehicles, the figure with which 2025 ended. It rules out reaching 50,000.

Europe (dealer orders)60,000

Spain1,500

Europe (dealer orders)

60000 orders

Spain

1500 orders

Data from the article text

In Europe, Skoda is the second-best-selling brand with 666,004 vehicles and a 6.3% share through the third quarter. Five or six years ago it ranked tenth with a share near 4%. In Spain it wants to enter the top ten and reach a 5% share over the medium term.

Volkswagen Navarra plant ramps up

The Landaben plant expects to build about 265,000 vehicles in 2026, compared with 225,225 in 2025, a year affected by adaptation and electrification works. Its 2027 target is 360,000 vehicles, above the 353,353 units built in 2011. The workforce of 4,865 is set to rise to 6,000 in 2027, and an extra Saturday morning shift is planned from January depending on demand. The Epiq has the most orders of the group's four urban electric models, ahead of the Cupra Raval and the ID. Polo, both assigned to Seat's Martorell plant.

2025 actual225,225

2026 expected265,000

2027 target360,000

2025 actual

225225 vehicles

2026 expected

265000 vehicles

2027 target

360000 vehicles

Data from the article text

Wider European electric market

According to Transport & Environment analysis reported by ABC, battery-electric registrations in Europe passed 1.2 million in the first half of the year, growing more than 40% across the EU. The same analysis expects sales of electric cars priced below 25,000 euros to multiply by seven compared with the start of the decade.