The latest Skoda Enyaq The electric-car market will bounce back to last year’s levels, a motoring expert has forecast. While there is self-interest in generating such positivity, Skoda’s John Donegan is among the first to publicly hold out hope that the turmoil of this year for battery electric vehicles (BEVs) is coming to an end. Mr Donegan, brand director with Skoda Ireland, was speaking at the launch of the latest Enyaq electric SUV that’s on the market here.
Time will tell if he is correct. “We are forecasting a rebound in the Irish electric vehicle market next year, returning to 2023 sales levels,” he said. He is also confident his brand will grow its share of the BEV market next year, especially with the arrival of the new Elroq compact BEV, which will sit below the Enyaq in terms of size.
For this year, the brand is expecting to finish third or fourth in overall sales here and is confident it can replicate that next year. This confidence is backed by the recent arrival of the latest Kodiaq and Superb plug-in hybrids, which the brand reckons will be of interest to customers who don’t want to switch to fully electric vehicles just yet. But the focus for now is the revised Enyaq, which is available to order now.
Models of the SUV have been sold out for some time, with only second-hand and demonstrator cars available. The latest model costs from €48,900. The car gets 27 additional specification upgrades, including substantial upgrades to the cabin, full lea.