How Skoda’s New Electric Epiq Hits UK Roads at £24,950 With 190 Miles of Range

Skoda has put a number on its smallest electric car, and it is one that genuinely changes the maths for British buyers shopping below £25,000. The new Epiq will start at £24,950 OTR when order books open in July, the same starting price as the petrol Kamiq it sits beside in the showroom. That is the first time Skoda has been able to claim outright price parity between one of its electric cars and the combustion-engined equivalent.

For anyone who has spent the past three years being told that affordable electric motoring is “almost here,” the Epiq is the clearest proof yet that it has arrived. A 475-litre boot, a useful 25-litre under-bonnet frunk, a 13-inch infotainment screen, seven airbags as standard, and a WLTP range of around 190 miles for the entry car all land at a price that, two years ago, would have bought you a city car with a power socket and a struggle.

The price that finally matches a petrol Kamiq

For years the argument against an electric Skoda has been straightforward. The Enyaq and Elroq are well-priced for what they are, but a family with £25,000 to spend on a new car has had to look at a Kamiq or a Scala. The Epiq closes that gap by sharing a starting price with the entry Kamiq, meaning a buyer can walk into a dealer with the same budget and choose between a 1.0-litre TSI petrol or a fully electric SUV without paying a single pound extra for the privilege of going battery.

That is significant because, according to recent industry data, the average new EV in the UK still carries roughly an £8,000 premium over the average new petrol car. Skoda is one of the first mainstream brands to formally remove that premium on a specific model line, and it has done so with one of the country’s most popular B-segment SUV badges attached. The Epiq also sits within the £37,000 ceiling for the government’s new Electric Car Grant, putting any future grant discount on top of an already keen list price.

Two batteries, two distances, one platform

Skoda is offering the Epiq in two flavours, and the difference between them is one of those that buyers will need to think carefully about before they sign anything.

The Epiq 40 uses a 37kWh usable battery built around the cheaper, more durable lithium-iron-phosphate (LFP) chemistry. Skoda quotes around 190 miles on the WLTP cycle, with a 135PS motor driving the front wheels. On paper that is enough for a daily commute, a school run and a weekend trip, but anyone who regularly does 200-mile motorway days will notice it on a cold winter morning.

Step up to the Epiq 55 and the battery grows to a usable 52kWh of nickel-manganese-cobalt (NMC) chemistry, the motor jumps to 211PS, and Skoda is keeping the UK WLTP range figure under wraps until closer to launch. Both cars charge at up to 105kW DC, which Skoda says is enough to take a battery from 10 to 80% in under 25 minutes at a working rapid charger. That is competitive without being headline-grabbing, but on a 37kWh battery it means an opportunistic coffee stop is a genuine top-up rather than a gamble.

Space punching above its size

The numbers that family buyers actually care about read better than the Epiq’s compact footprint suggests. Skoda has used the room-saving MEB+ platform shared with the upcoming Volkswagen ID. Polo to liberate a 475-litre boot. For reference, that is bigger than a Ford Puma’s 456 litres, comfortably more than a Renault Captur’s 422 litres, and only fractionally behind the larger Kia Niro EV. The 25-litre frunk under the bonnet is the bonus piece, perfect for storing charging cables out of the boot and out of the mud.

Inside, the dashboard layout follows what Skoda calls its Modern Solid design language. A 13-inch touchscreen handles infotainment, a 5-inch digital instrument display sits ahead of the driver, and there is wireless Smartlink for Apple CarPlay and Android Auto. Skoda has thrown in adaptive cruise control, Front Assist, Side Assist, Lane Assist and Traffic Sign Recognition as standard, alongside seven airbags including a centre airbag. That is a generous safety kit list for a car at this price, and well in line with what Euro NCAP now demands for a five-star score.

What the First Edition adds and what to wait for

At launch, buyers wanting an Epiq that looks obviously specific will be steered towards the limited-run Epiq First Edition 55. It gets a two-tone black roof, exclusive 20-inch wheels, Navajo Orange exterior accents on the mirror caps, bumper trim and wheel inserts, and a matching interior with orange seat belts, orange dashboard stitching and microsuede seats. Skoda is also throwing in Travel Assist Plus and bi-directional charging capability on this trim, the latter meaning the car can in time discharge power back to a home or grid in the right setup.

The wider colour palette runs to six choices. Marble Grey is the free standard solid, Timano Green is the other no-cost option, Jasper Red is the exclusive metallic, and Platinum White, Pebble Silver and Mystery Black round out the metallic choices. Eighteen-inch alloys are standard, with 19-inch options sitting between the regular wheel and the First Edition’s 20s. A drag coefficient of 0.275 helps efficiency on the motorway, which along with the optional heat pump should make winter range claims more believable than usual.

When you can order one

Order books for the Epiq open in July 2026, with first UK deliveries expected to follow later in the year. Skoda has not yet confirmed the full price list for the longer-range Epiq 55, the upper trims or the First Edition, but the entry car is locked in at £24,950 OTR.

That price puts the Epiq in direct competition with the Citroen ë-C3, the upcoming Renault 4 E-Tech and the Hyundai Inster, all of which are aiming at the same broad consumer category, namely the family that would have bought a small petrol crossover and is now being given a genuinely affordable battery alternative. Skoda’s pitch is that you give up nothing in space, equipment or brand reassurance to make the switch. If that holds up in the real world, the Epiq will not just be the cheapest fully electric Skoda. It will be a quietly important small car for the whole UK industry, sitting alongside other recent affordable launches such as the BYD ATTO 2 DM-i in proving that the sub-£27,000 market is being taken seriously once more.