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Is The Škoda Elroq The ELECTRIC Yeti We’ve Been Waiting For ? – FIRST DRIVE

The Elroq is the replacement to the Karoq, which changed the Yeti. So it's generally an electrical Yeti! I went to Mallorca to drive the current compact from Skoda. It's the infant bro of the very best selling in Europe, the Enyaq, so it must be quite great!

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48 responses to “Is The Škoda Elroq The ELECTRIC Yeti We’ve Been Waiting For ? – FIRST DRIVE”

  1. @Redmi-j4i Avatar
    @Redmi-j4i

    Great looking car. Quite like it for my wife next car. Now she drive Octavia. But she is asking me for new car and as she dont do many kilometers a day this electric version is quite right for her.
    Hello from Slovenia 🇸🇮

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    1. @PetrolPed Avatar
      @PetrolPed

      Go for it!

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  2. @antonoat Avatar
    @antonoat

    Great Review Pete! Škoda have been making some excellent cars for quite a long time now ! What a real shame they haven’t made a self charging petrol hybrid utilising the very latest technology. Not sure who’s going to buy a full on EV and this is an even more difficult choice with our current lunatic government who just leave us all guessing as to what the future holds! 😡😡😡

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    1. @Brian-om2hh Avatar
      @Brian-om2hh

      Skoda’s are based on VW hybrid tech, and because VW produce only plug-in hybrids, then Skoda do the same.

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    2. @antonoat Avatar
      @antonoat

      @@Brian-om2hh Hi Brian, I was aware of the VW/Skoda situation, that doesn’t stop me wishing for certain things though! Lol, Cheers tony.

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    3. @johnnodge4327 Avatar
      @johnnodge4327

      Self charging is such a pointless power train, that manufacturers won’t be investing in it.
      It’s a petrol powered car at the end of the day, so ignore all this self charging BS.

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    4. @SDK2006b Avatar
      @SDK2006b

      The EV sector is up month on month growth, for 4 years, over 1.3 million are driving around in the UK now

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    5. @antonoat Avatar
      @antonoat

      @@SDK2006b So 1 out of every 40 cars is an EV, so it still has some way to go, lol. You have to wonder how this will pan out when electricity supply is restricted as it surely will be if Labour carry on with their ridiculous plans for the countries energy needs! Recharging is becoming increasingly expensive especially if one relies on fast chargers at petrol stations, tally in the governments announcements that they will be charging road tax on EV’s in the future!

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  3. @martynlaverick3405 Avatar
    @martynlaverick3405

    Good looking car and will wait to see the prices. I also hope they bring out a Yeti as that car was just so flexible and practical. One minute its carries a family and all the luggage in comfort next you are down the tip loaded up with old fence panels! Please give us what we want Skoda!

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    1. @PetrolPed Avatar
      @PetrolPed

      That would be cool!

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    2. @terryjones6504 Avatar
      @terryjones6504

      Give it a year they will be selling pre registered at half price.

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    3. @Brian-om2hh Avatar
      @Brian-om2hh

      @@terryjones6504 I doubt it.

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    4. @Brian-om2hh Avatar
      @Brian-om2hh

      It’s priced around the same as the Kia EV3 etc….

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    5. @terryjones6504 Avatar
      @terryjones6504

      @@Brian-om2hh have you seen the price of a used Enyak or E tron. Commercial suicide.

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  4. @NBMBC40 Avatar
    @NBMBC40

    Nice car still think the Renault Scenic is the leader in that segment at the moment.

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  5. @realfist1 Avatar
    @realfist1

    Good video, but please use ft lbs and bhp as well as metric (if you must) as most drivers in the UK use these as I’m sure you know…

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    1. @johnnodge4327 Avatar
      @johnnodge4327

      The power figures are pretty meaningless in an EV, as the power is delivered completely differently to an ICE vehicle.
      Just go by the performance figures, which is all that’s important.

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  6. @waynejbrook Avatar
    @waynejbrook

    A few Range Rover styling cues – letters on the bonnet, the side trim above the wings, big door mirrors.

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  7. @mickblizzard1408 Avatar
    @mickblizzard1408

    Electric van with windows, weighing 2 tons 😱 Colin Chapman will be turning in his grave 😉

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    1. @andypalin3287 Avatar
      @andypalin3287

      Who?

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    2. @ralphwindsor9113 Avatar
      @ralphwindsor9113

      Chapman (the great engineer and Lotus founder for those to young to know) is already spinning from the horror that is the 2.5 ton Chinese-made Lotus Eletra. Like all BEVs it is the polar opposite of his “simplify, then add lightness” design philosophy.

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    3. @FéargalO Avatar
      @FéargalO

      @@andypalin3287 Exactly!

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  8. @w1lliemartin Avatar
    @w1lliemartin

    You mentioned several times the smooth ride. I take it the one you drove has the optional active suspension?

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    1. @PetrolPed Avatar
      @PetrolPed

      Yes 👍

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  9. @damindra Avatar
    @damindra

    Going to say it, when are they going to put an ENGINE in this car? and not another EV, wonder how people coped with EVs with the recent Electricity problems during the storms… I know what I would rather have when we have bad weather … definitely NOT an EV!

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    1. @Brian-om2hh Avatar
      @Brian-om2hh

      There have been more fuel tanker driver’s strikes in the past 20 years than nationwide power cuts.

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    2. @johnnodge4327 Avatar
      @johnnodge4327

      They won’t put an engine in this car, as it’s an EV platform, so an engine with it’s large, immovable components won’t fit. There’s already an ICE equivalent anyway, so why would they make another?

      Anyway in the recent power cuts, I used the car battery to backup my house, now do that with a petrol car.

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  10. @johnbrown3951 Avatar
    @johnbrown3951

    Having been impressed by electric cars with my first dabble into the EV revolution until I got massacred with the devaluation of the genre I will be staying well clear until my hand is forced. That is a car that could change my mind but I would want AWD as the powertrain for trips up to the highlands of Scotland in the winter maybe someday we will get a 4×4 Yeti EV if you keep pushing your contacts at Skoda.

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  11. @watchcommander2012 Avatar
    @watchcommander2012

    Another great video Ped you certainly seem to be getting the range of cars now well done! As for the car unfortunately for me two things wrong it’s a Skoda and also an EV. Having had a Skoda long term I wouldn’t ever get another one. I’m not an EV hater I’m just fed up with them being pushed on us by the government and the car industry.

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  12. @lesliesmith4846 Avatar
    @lesliesmith4846

    300+ mile range looks a bit of fantasy. You said that you had 84% and 383km (240 miles) left, at 100% that works out at 285 miles in total.

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    1. @PetrolPed Avatar
      @PetrolPed

      It’s a press event. Never a good gauge of efficiency 👎

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    2. @PHADAVIES Avatar
      @PHADAVIES

      I’ve just knocked up 10000 miles in an 85x Enyaq (long Elroq) and they do wltp ,easily..Loose 20% in the winter but that’s still good.

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  13. @AL-ib3lu Avatar
    @AL-ib3lu

    It’s so annoying they always give you the top spec car, saying that it’s definitely missing a pan roof.

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    1. @PetrolPed Avatar
      @PetrolPed

      I do try and get boggo spec cars sometimes. On an event like this it’s all about the colour not the spec. Gotta think of the video and thumbnail 😜👍

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  14. @beachcaster56 Avatar
    @beachcaster56

    Looks the same as all the others

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  15. @AdamAugustPhoto Avatar
    @AdamAugustPhoto

    You say the 50 & 60 could be a bit lacking, I tested the Enyaq in 60 & 80 and yes when you boot it the 80 is clearly quicker off the line, but around town I’d be hard pressed to tell the difference.

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    1. @PetrolPed Avatar
      @PetrolPed

      Good to know 👍

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  16. @solentbum Avatar
    @solentbum

    Why do you turn the speed warning ‘bong’ off. It only sounds if you are exceeding the speed limit , so any decent driver will never hear it!

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    1. @markskeplorn6593 Avatar
      @markskeplorn6593

      Camera can sometimes pick up wrong speed limits and set it off

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    2. @pillred5974 Avatar
      @pillred5974

      Tell me honestly that you keep to 20mph at all times, that is the only speed I have a problem with in a lot of cases it’s far too low.

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    3. @solentbum Avatar
      @solentbum

      @@markskeplorn6593 You would trade the benefits of a warning that could save your licence just to avoid the occasional bong? An incorrect bong will trigger you to double check your speed and the current limit, whereas no bong could leave you in ignorance that you are speeding.

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    4. @solentbum Avatar
      @solentbum

      @@pillred5974 I simply use my speed control setting as I enter a speed limit. I can then leave my foot on the pedal knowing that I can sit at or under the speed limit, whilst having instant aceleration if I need it (kick down). One of the advantages of drivng an EV.
      Whether or not a limit is too low or too high is a matter for the Local Authority and its members.

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    5. @pillred5974 Avatar
      @pillred5974

      @@solentbum I just think 20mph is too low in a lot of cases and is unnecessary, it’s as I said the only limit I have a problem with, in a lot of cases the previous limit of 30mph had been in place for decades, and was fine, where do you draw the line 15mph 10mph?

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  17. @briangriffiths114 Avatar
    @briangriffiths114

    A friend showed me around his new Skoda Karoq earlier this year and the quality of the interior was outstanding. If his car is a fair representation of all Skodas, no wonder they are so popular.

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  18. @stevep4131 Avatar
    @stevep4131

    I might have been interested until I heard the words “rear wheel drive”. OK I suppose in parts of the world that never get snowy or icy.

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    1. @FéargalO Avatar
      @FéargalO

      The RWD does concern me a little..but then if it’s very bad conditions i don’t bother driving.

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  19. @stevecarter5084 Avatar
    @stevecarter5084

    Another of your great reviews. Interesting whether Yeti owners do see this as the future!

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  20. @Jake.Warren Avatar
    @Jake.Warren

    Great review Peter!
    Hope your arrival back to the UK in the storm wasn’t too rough, apparently there were some sporty landings!

    Reply

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