Skoda has shared the details regarding its Next Level strategy aimed at raising annual sales to 1.5M units by 2030.
The company sold a million cars last year, down from the record 1.24 million in 2019. Its main focus stays on Europe, where Skoda wants to enter the top-5 list of car manufacturers by annual sales (it is currently the 8th).
Apparently, electric cars remain Skoda’s biggest priority, even though the Czech marque only has the rather large and expensive Enyaq iV SUV to show for being electric. The subcompact Citigo iV never lasted a year before going discontinued.
However, things should improve by early next decade, by which time the company should have at least three EVs that are both smaller and more affordable than the Enyaq iV. Depending on the market, their share in European sales should amount to 50–70 percent.
The automaker admits that it will continue making traditional cars powered by internal combustion engines for other markets, and that all of its staple models will remain available. The latter category includes even the large Superb liftback and wagon.
Skoda’s ultimate goal is to become the most demanded European car marque in Russia, North Africa and India. The latter market saw the release of a small crossover SUV Kushaq a short while ago, which will later ship to other countries as well.