Škoda’s electric bestsellers Elroq and Enyaq receive model year updates

• Updates include new Simply Clever elements, digital functions and improved assistant systems, plus modernised infotainment implementing customer feedback
• Simply Clever: Frunk, Vehicle-to-Load (V2L), Digital Key, and Qi2 Magnetic Power Profile added to wireless charging
• One-pedal driving and enhanced driver assistance systems for greater comfort and safety

Milton Keynes, 13 April 2026 – The Škoda Elroq and Enyaq are highly popular with customers, ranking second and seventh respectively among Europe’s best-selling electric vehicles in 2025. Building on that success, Škoda Auto introduces updates for both models with a scheduled rollout in the UK at the end of June.

In 2025, both the Enyaq and Elroq were consistently in the top 10 UK sales charts. Combined, the Enyaq family was the fifth best-selling BEV with 11,941 deliveries, while Elroq was seventh with 10,713 deliveries. The Elroq also won the ‘German Car of the Year’ award 2026 (GCOTY 2026) and placed second place in European ‘Car of The Year 2026’.

The Elroq leads the EV market in the Czech Republic, Denmark, Netherlands and Slovakia, and is among the top three electric vehicles in Austria, Finland, and Switzerland. The larger Enyaq was Europe’s seventh best-selling electric vehicle in 2025 with over 79,600 vehicles delivered.

Infotainment and connectivity
For the upcoming model year, the Elroq and Enyaq models feature a modernised Android-based infotainment system for the first time, bringing a new look and feel, a redesigned home screen, grid layout, favourites and search function as well as enhanced personalisation options for an improved, more intuitive experience.

The next-generation infotainment concept forms part of an upgraded onboard platform introduced with the latest production run, making these advancements exclusive to newly produced vehicles. A new in-car app store will make additional applications available directly via the infotainment system, including both Škoda apps and selected third-party apps such as Spotify and YouTube, along with a number of apps from categories such as audio and video streaming, casual gaming, news, weather and more.

Digital Key
For the first time, Škoda vehicles will also feature a digital key*. Once the phone has been paired with the vehicle and set up in the MyŠkoda app, users can lock, unlock, and start the vehicle with their smartphone. Furthermore, once initialised within the Škoda app, they can share access for example with family members via the smartphone’s built-in wallet app.

Powerpass and Plug&Charge news
Škoda’s own charging service Powerpass is now integrated directly into navigation, showing charging-station ratings, prices and enabling charging authorisation straight from the navigation screen. Search filters include 20 selected providers, charging power, or availability. Users can also create lists of preferred charging point operators (CPOs), or CPOs they want to avoid. As of now, 1,000,000 public charging points across 28 European countries are accessible via Powerpass. The vehicle’s maps now also offer Google Online Search, Satellite Maps and an overview of POIs (points of interest) along the route. Furthermore, Plug&Charge will also enable authorisation with compatible home wallboxes.

Detailed driving data within MyŠkoda app
MyŠkoda now provides driving data, including energy consumption, complementing charging overview and history. The Laura digital companion supports EV route planning by combining various Google POI categories – such as restaurants, cafés, hotels, supermarkets or tourist attractions – with the necessary charging stopovers. Guidance can be started, stopped or edited from the in-car navigation. Favourites and recent destination lists are synchronised between the MyŠkoda app and the vehicle simultaneously.

V2L and one-pedal driving
Vehicle-to-Load (V2L) enables the vehicle to power external devices connected via a charging-port adapter or a 230 V luggage-compartment socket – for camping equipment, power tools or e-bikes. Enhanced one-pedal driving now offers two recuperation levels for regenerative braking in B mode, allowing deceleration to a complete standstill when the accelerator pedal is released. The levels are set via the infotainment system or the steering wheel paddles.

New Simply Clever solutions
Model year changes are bringing a frunk to the Elroq and Enyaq with a capacity of 21 litres under the bonnet which will be equipped with gas struts for easier access. Furthermore, the ventilated mobile phone wireless charging will support the Qi2 Magnetic Power Profile for wireless charging up to 25 W (iPhone 12 and newer and compatible devices); USB‑C ports continue to offer up to 45 W front and rear. At the same time, Škoda Auto brings Simply Clever features into the digital world with the new infotainment Tips app. It helps users discover vehicle features through short guidance, notifications and videos about functions they have not yet tried.

Travel Assist 3.0 to enhance everyday driving support
Travel Assist 3.0 gas been extensively updated with new radars and sensors and expanded online services to deliver more precise lane guidance, smoother speed control and broader safety functions. All sensors have been upgraded at hardware or software level to support more stable data collection for assists.  Assisted Lane Change has been further refined and Emergency Assist with automatic lane changing on motorways can manoeuvre to the hard shoulder if the driver fails to respond. A new capability of Travel Assist 3.0 allows it to stop the vehicle at traffic lights or STOP signs enhancing assisted driving in urban areas.

Interior camera, new radars and upgraded exterior lighting management
New corner radars in front and rear bumpers improve Crossroad Assist at complex junctions with limited visibility, detecting vehicles approaching from the side as well as motorcycles, cyclists and e-scooters. A new interior camera in the rear-view mirror housing enables better attention and fatigue monitoring via eye-tracking. Exterior lighting management adds an intermediate level for low-light daytime conditions, e.g. heavy clouds, dawn or dusk, activating taillights alongside the daytime running lights.

The Škoda Elroq track record
The compact electric SUV exceeded expectations in 2025 in its first full year on the market: more than 112,000 units produced and over 150,000 orders recorded, with the Elroq 85 accounting for more than half of orders. Elroq leads EV markets in the Czech Republic, Denmark, Netherlands and Slovakia and ranks top three in Austria, Finland and Switzerland. In January 2026, the Elroq became the best‑selling electric model in Europe, surpassing 8,000 units sold, and simultaneously achieved strong momentum in Germany being the best-selling EV in January and February of 2026.

The Škoda Enyaq
The brand’s electric flagship, the Enyaq, is performing strongly in European sales securing place of the 7^th best-selling EV in Europe. The largest markets for the Enyaq model range are Germany, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom. Since production began in 2020, a total of more than 300,000 Enyaq and Enyaq Coupe models have found customers.

*Availability of the Digital Key feature depends on active Škoda Connect services

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