Skoda Octavia: The electric version will debut before the year 2030…

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El Skoda Octavia He is one of those "undercover" models or, what is the same, "a wolf in sheep's clothing." For the Czech manufacturer, the first generation marked a turning point because with it they had one intention and in the end it ended up being another. They wanted to position it as a economical alternative to D-segment saloons but due to its lack of definition and its foundations, it ended up being framed in the market as a compact "taludito" that derived from the Golf.

Be that as it may, in Mladá Boleslav they have been able to exploit this image and the move has worked out more than well. We have the proof that its sales, despite the fall from grace of saloons, continue to grow. Hence, the Volkswagen Group is already thinking of developing a successor for what is undoubtedly the best generation. And as expected, with the next will come an electrical decline that we will not take long to know.

The future Skoda Octavia BEV could be based on the SSP platform and not the MQB of the Volkswagen ID.3 and ID.4…

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Thanks to the guys from Autocar we have learned that in Skoda they are already working on a new Octavia. But it seems that in its development there would be two well-differentiated lines of work. Apparently the new iteration will retain some of the well-known heat engines belonging to the TDI and TSI families. However, for the year 2035 the range will be reduced, abandoning them, to comply with the regulations of the European Union to continue on the market.

So far the first part of the story, but there is a second. The one hundred percent electric version of the Octavia would take a giant step because everything indicates that would not use the MQB platform. According to Autocar, it would be one of the first models of the Bavarian consortium to use the new SSP base that its engineers are developing. A) Yes, may include a more advanced battery that would give him a autonomy greater than 600 kilometers.

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And not only that, the Loading capacity would also improve as it could adopt the 200kW standard. Regarding the mechanical arrangement, the British media indicates that the "simple" versions would have a dual system in the previous train. Then, for the spicier "Rally Sport or RS" version, I would add another two electric motors in the rear. In this way I would adopt a more sophisticated AWD all-wheel drive system and effective than the current one.

As for the launch planning, for now everything is fuzzy. It is known that the current Octavia will receive a subtle restyling for the year 2024. Taking this data into account, it is to be expected that the new generation will not see the light until 2027 and the electric one, for its part, will approach 2028 or 2030. We will have to wait a bit for its debut, but if the plans of Skoda are met, we will soon have data on their progress...

Source - Coach


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