Ford Explorer vs Skoda Elroq

The Ford Explorer costs £1,215 more than the Skoda Elroq. On the headline specs that premium buys little measurable advantage - the two are closely matched on range, charging and space. On EVcarsguide's combined category scores, the Skoda Elroq comes out ahead overall.

The Skoda Elroq is £1,215 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 £1,335 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 183 miles for the Ford Explorer and 234 miles for the Skoda Elroq - both below their WLTP figures, because sustained high speed is the hardest case for an EV. The Skoda Elroq goes roughly 50 miles further between charging stops.

The two are within 12 mm on width, so neither is meaningfully easier to thread into a tight space. In a standard 2,400 mm bay that leaves about 528 mm of total clearance for the Ford Explorer and about 516 mm of total clearance for the Skoda Elroq. The Skoda Elroq also turns in a 1.6 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 Ford Explorer 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.