Cancel that Renault Twingo order – the electric Skoda Citigo is coming back

There could be a new, electric Skoda Citigo on the way. We spoke to Skoda’s CEO, Klaus Zellmer, at the reveal of the Skoda Epiq (which is currently the company’s smallest EV) where the Skoda boss hinted that a £20,000 electric city car could be on the cards.

“This wouldn’t be another car on the MEB+ platform. This would be a massively changed, reduced, cost-refined platform,”  Zellmer told Electrifying. 

“This car would be another animal compared to the MEB+ cars like the Epiq and the VW ID.Polo. You know about the ID.Every1 that has been presented… and of course, this [class of car] is something we were part of in the beginning with the Citigo, and then we left because of the transformation speeds with the battery electric car class. Now, Skoda is in a better spot to stay with the petrol Fabia, Scala and Kamiq, and within the bigger group at Volkswagen we have our colleagues to fish in that [small EV] market, which is currently developing.” 

The VW ID.Every1 was revealed back in 2025, and was pegged to cost from around £17,000 at that point. While costs for certain core components of EVs – including the LFP batteries that would certainly power a smaller, more affordable electric Skoda and VW city car – have come down, other costs have risen and we’d be surprised if Volkswagen or even Skoda manages to bring a baby electric supermini in for significantly less than £20,000.  

We don’t yet know any more details about this new electric Skoda city car, but it would no doubt share the front-wheel-drive platform of the VW ID.Every1. 

That could be a modified, entry level version of the MEB platform that sits beneath the brand’s current electric cars – which is what the VW ID.Every1 was said to be using when the concept was first revealed. Or it could also be the CMP 21 platform, which is a cheaper, flexible electric platform developed by Volkswagen Group in China. 

The latter option could make more sense for keeping costs down. It’s the same thing that Stellantis has done with the Citroen e-C3, Vauxhall Frontera and more, all of which use a different, more economy focused platform than the longer-range alternatives in the Stellantis portfolio. 

Will there be an electric Fabia, too, to sit in between the Epiq and this new electric supermini? “I doubt it,” says Zellner. “If you look at the urban BEV category that we’re conquering with the Epiq, it’s the biggest segment there is, but if you look at our volume aspiration it’s going to get tight anyway. Another model – a new electric Fabia – would add cost and complexity into the system, so at the moment there’s no plan for that.”

On the one hand, then, it's a bit sad that we won’t see an electric Skoda Fabia to sit alongside the VW ID.Polo. But the Epiq is a chunkier take on that same recipe for under £25,000, and if a smaller electric Citigo can bridge the gap between that and a more affordable, maybe even sub-£20,000 option, then we’re all for it. 

We loved the electric VW Up and Skoda Citigo for being really simple, no-nonsense, fun little EVs. A new, modern take on that for a seriously low price would definitely be something for the Renault Twingo and Citroen e-C3 to worry about.

A new, electric Skoda city car would be a chief rival for the new Renault Twingo