Skoda continues to promote the adoption of electric vehicles with the installation of 7,000 charging points

The electric sector is seeking to take over the market gradually but surely, and several brands are already giving in to it despite their resistance. Skoda is one of those firms that has held its ground until now since, despite having presented several concept cars that draw on that lifeblood, there is still no electric production vehicle among its options; but the wait is about to come to an end. The Czech firm has just announced that more than 7,000 charging points will be spread across its factories by the year 2025, a date by which it intends to have a fleet of electric vehicles firmly established.

Although Skoda’s model range consists solely of combustion vehicles, the firm has already made an investment of 3.4 million euros in expanding an electric infrastructure. With this premise, we are facing one of the clearest and most concise moves by the brand, since its intentions to electrify its range are about to become a reality.

Currently, more than 300 charging points are already in operation on a trial basis at the Mladá Boleslav facilities. However, and as we have already mentioned, Skoda estimates that by 2025 close to 32 million euros will have been invested in building an internal charging infrastructure with around 7,000 charging points across its three Czech factories in Mladá Boleslav, Kvasiny and Vrchlabí.

Initially this considerable charging network will be for the exclusive use of factory workers, but it will be expanded according to demand for electric vehicles, which is expected to be high. These predictions are based on Skoda aiming to have a total of ten fully electric vehicles by the end of 2022, an milestone that, to become a reality, will begin in this same year 2019.

The first model from the Czech firm to feature an electric motor will be the Superb, since the flagship of Skoda will adopt a hybrid variant. Alongside this exclusive saloon we will find the 100% electric Citigo, making the city car the chosen one to completely abandon combustion.

With all the preparations for the electric era under way, Skoda has personally taken charge of preparing its team to face it. For this reason, more than 11,000 employees have already received the necessary training to tackle with diligence and success not only the construction of electric vehicles, but also their maintenance and performance.