Audi Q4 e-tron vs Skoda Elroq

The Audi Q4 e-tron costs £12,290 more than the Skoda Elroq. For that premium it adds 55 kW faster peak rapid charging and 50 litres more boot space. On EVcarsguide's combined category scores, the Audi Q4 e-tron comes out ahead overall.

The Skoda Elroq is £12,290 cheaper to buy. Running costs are almost identical - about £152 a year either way, at 8,000 miles on an off-peak home tariff. Add 5 years of charging and the Skoda Elroq comes out roughly £12,330 cheaper overall. These figures cover list price and home charging only - insurance, servicing, tyres and depreciation will move the real total.

EVcarsguide estimates a real-world motorway range of about 229 miles for the Audi Q4 e-tron and 234 miles for the Skoda Elroq - effectively matched, and both well below their WLTP figures because sustained high speed is the hardest case for an EV.

The two are within 19 mm on width, so neither is meaningfully easier to thread into a tight space. In a standard 2,400 mm bay that leaves about 535 mm of total clearance for the Audi Q4 e-tron and about 516 mm of total clearance for the Skoda Elroq. The Skoda Elroq also turns in a 0.9 m tighter circle, which helps with U-turns and multi-storey ramps.

Over a 8-year ownership window EVcarsguide's degradation model projects roughly 84% battery health for the Audi Q4 e-tron and 84% for the Skoda Elroq. That is close enough that capacity loss should not decide between them. Both use NMC-type cells, so for daily use keep the charge limit near 80% to slow degradation. Both batteries carry a 8-year manufacturer warranty.