The Skoda Peaq is the brand's biggest car yet, and it is all-electric
Skoda finally moves into the big-SUV league, and goes electric to do it
Skoda has a new flagship, and it is the biggest car the brand has ever built. The Peaq is a seven-seat, all-electric SUV measuring 4.87 metres long, with more than 640 km of range and a boot big enough to embarrass most estates. It sits at the very top of Skoda's growing electric range and marks the brand's first move into the large SUV segment.
The electric Kodiaq, only bigger
Think of the Peaq as the electric counterpart to the Kodiaq, except it is larger again. At 4,874 mm long it is 116 mm longer than the combustion Kodiaq, and its 2,965 mm wheelbase even out-stretches the Superb. That space translates into genuine practicality: seven seats, a 935-litre boot in five-seat form and a 37-litre frunk up front. Together with the smaller Epiq, the Peaq doubles Skoda's all-electric portfolio.
Range, batteries and power
The headline figure is a range of more than 640 km. The Peaq comes with two battery sizes, 63 kWh and 91 kWh, the latter the biggest Skoda has ever fitted to an EV. Three powertrains are offered, with outputs from 201 hp to 295 hp and a choice of rear- or all-wheel drive. A next-generation heat pump improves efficiency, while one-pedal driving and bidirectional charging, which lets the car power external devices, round out the usability. A slippery 0.249 drag coefficient helps stretch the range.
A lounge on wheels
Inside, Skoda is pitching the Peaq as a lounge on wheels. The optional Relax Package adds ventilated, massaging front seats with ergonomic legrests, an integrated wellbeing app and a Sonos premium sound system. The cabin centres on a new vertically mounted 13.6-inch infotainment display, a first for Skoda, running an Android-based system, plus a 16-speaker Sonos setup and dual 25-watt wireless charging. It also brings firsts for the brand including flush door handles and the largest panoramic roof Skoda has ever made, with Dynamic Shade Control.
Tech, safety and a Sportline
The Peaq launches with Skoda's most advanced kit yet, including Travel Assist 3.0, a Top Area View 360-degree camera with 3D body visualisation, Intelligent Park Assist, LED Matrix headlights and ten airbags as standard. A Sportline variant is available from launch, with gloss black exterior accents, optional two-tone paint with a black roof, an all-black interior and a three-spoke sports steering wheel. It can be paired with any of the powertrains.
AutoNext Take
The Peaq is Skoda doing exactly what Skoda does best, taking a familiar recipe and quietly out-practicalising everyone else, only this time at the top of the market and on electricity. A genuine seven-seater with 640 km of range, a 935-litre boot and a Sonos-equipped lounge interior is a deeply sensible thing to exist, and it plugs the one obvious gap at the top of the brand's EV range. Skoda has always been the value-conscious thinking person's choice in the Volkswagen Group, and a big, spacious, long-range electric flagship is the most Skoda way imaginable to enter the large SUV class. Quietly, this could become one of the most rational electric family cars you can buy.
