斯柯达去年发布的VisionS概念车采用插电混动系统，这释放了车厂有意将旗下车型电动化的信号。而据斯柯达研发部门主管Christian Strube透露，车厂还将在下月开幕的上海车展发布一款新的纯电动概念车。虽然目前关于该车的细节很少，但已知该车将采用大众新的MEB平台，目前已经有多款电动车采用该平台。Strube表示，该车将采用更多新技术，外观非常动感。考虑到“动感”一词，预计该车将是一款类似VisionS的SUV。斯柯达要等到2020或2021年才会上市纯电动车。而斯柯达首款速派插电混动车则将在2019年上市，不久后科迪亚克SUV也将增加混动版本。

 

Skoda EV concept heading to Auto Shanghai next month

Skoda signaled its intentions towards electrifying its range last year with the VisionS that had a plug-in hybrid powertrain. A new concept that will lose the combustion engine altogether is being prepared for an official debut slated to occur in the second half of April at Auto Shanghai 2017. The reveal was made by the company’s research and development boss, Christian Strube, who went on to specify the concept is currently in the design studio and will be ready in time for the event.

 

Details about the car are scarce at the moment, but we do know it’s going to ride on the Volkswagen Group’s new MEB platform set to underpin a wide variety of electric cars in the years to come. Strube pointed out the vehicle in question is going to be “packed with technology and really emotional.” Since he used the word “emotional,” one would argue it’s not going to take the shape of an SUV like the VisionS.

 

You will have to wait until around 2020 or 2021 for a road-going Skoda with a purely electric setup. Meanwhile, Skoda’s first electrified production car is scheduled to go on sale in 2019 when the flagship Superb model will spawn a plug-in hybrid derivative. Shortly thereafter, the large Kodiaq SUV is also going to pair a combustion engine with an electric motor.