Skoda Elroq: Production in Mlada Boleslav has started

600 units can be built per day

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By: Stefan Leichsenring

Jan 24, 2025 at 4:29am ET

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The Skoda Elroq has been launched. The world premiere and the start of orders took place in early October, the first tests appeared in December and now many are probably wondering when the electric compact SUV will be available in dealerships. In any case, a milestone has been reached with the start of production before the market launch.

Series production of the Skoda Elroq has now begun at the company's headquarters in Mladá Boleslav, an hour's drive north-east of Prague. The almost 4.50 metre long and 1.63 metre high electric car is built on the same production line as the Enyaq and the Octavia. This makes Mlada Boleslav the only plant in Europe where MQB and MEB models are built on the same line. The advantage: if demand for combustion engines falls, more Enyaq and Elroq models can be built, and if sales of electric vehicles weaken, more Octavia models can be built.

Radmontage beim Skoda Elroq in Mlada Boleslav

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In quantitative terms, the addition of the Elroq is possible because part of the Octavia production was relocated to the Kvasiny plant near the Polish border in 2024. This means that up to 600 Elroqs can now roll off the production line every day. With 230 working days, for example, this would correspond to around 140,000 units per year. However, that many are unlikely to be needed. For comparison: 79,500 Enyaqs were delivered worldwide in 2024.

The Elroq is hardly more expensive than the Karoq combustion engine equivalent (photo from the press conference at the vehicle launch)

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List prices in the UK start at £31,500. For this you get the SE 50 version with 170 PS rear-wheel drive and a range of around 233 miles. In many markets, the base price is at the same level as the similarly sized Skoda Karoq combustion model. Compared to the recently updated Skoda Enyaq, which is based on the same platform, the car is around £7,500 cheaper.

Up to 1,500 MEB batteries per day are also assembled in Mlada Boleslav

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Skoda also manufactures the battery systems for the MEB vehicles in Mlada Boleslav. This probably means that the cells or modules coming from Asia are assembled into the battery pack. In addition to the Elroq and Enyaq, the batteries are also used in electric cars from VW, Audi and Cupra. In 2023, Skoda has increased capacity to 1,500 batteries per day, as Skoda recently reported.

Demand for the new electric car is high. By the end of 2024, more than 20,000 Skoda Elroqs had already been ordered worldwide. And when is the official market launch? The manufacturer officially only mentions the first quarter. But the advertising and a Skoda website indicate that a "Skoda buffet" will be held at dealerships on 25 January, where you can at least have a look at the car live.