Renault Scenic vs Skoda Elroq

The Renault Scenic costs £3,025 more than the Skoda Elroq. For that premium it adds 112 miles more WLTP range, 45 kW faster peak rapid charging and 75 litres more boot space. On EVcarsguide's combined category scores, the Skoda Elroq comes out ahead overall.

The Skoda Elroq is £3,025 cheaper to buy. The Skoda Elroq is cheaper to charge, roughly £152 a year versus £184 for the Renault Scenic, at 8,000 miles on an off-peak home tariff. Add 5 years of charging and the Skoda Elroq comes out roughly £3,185 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 274 miles for the Renault Scenic and 234 miles for the Skoda Elroq - both below their WLTP figures, because sustained high speed is the hardest case for an EV. The Renault Scenic goes roughly 40 miles further between charging stops.

The two are within 20 mm on width, so neither is meaningfully easier to thread into a tight space. In a standard 2,400 mm bay that leaves about 536 mm of total clearance for the Renault Scenic 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 Renault Scenic 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.