Seven-seat electric Skoda Vision is stuffed with recycled materials

I GOT a memo from the boss telling me it is Green Week – so to write about something appropriate.

How about this for you, Boss?

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You don’t get much greener than this.

This seven-seat Skoda is fully electric, stuffed with recycled materials – and it’s greener than The Hulk after he’s had ten pints.

The cabin floor is made from recycled car tyres – and looks wicked.

The seat fabric is 100-per-cent recycled polyester.

To cut plastics, magnets hold everything from smartphones to metal water bottles securely in place.

No doubt you will have spotted the central baby seat. That WON’T make the real car coming in 2026.

But Skoda might be on to something here, as it is the safest place in a car.

Instead, the real car will have three rows of seats, 2+3+2.

It will also have normal doors. Not those huge rear-hinged doors which are purely to show off the “vision” car’s interior.

Hop inside and the ballerina in Greta’s jewellery box is that rotating central touchscreen.

In Drive mode, it’s upright. In Relax mode, it switches to widescreen for games while recharging.

The software is mega, too.

For example, animated woodland animals pop up on the satnav screen as you pass a forest. Great for kids.

I’m sure we’ll get something similar in 2026. But maybe not drugs and guns in cities.

As for range, the 89kWh battery will do 370 miles, so it’s more likely you’ll need to stop to refuel before the car does.

Expect prices from £50k-£55k.

Do you like it on the outside?

We do. It’s very Range Rover from certain angles. Which is no bad thing.

And Jeep, famous for its seven-slot grille, will be flattered with the, er, seven slots in the bumpers.

Designers insist they were inspired by the grooves in bicycle helmets, with the speckled flecks similar to a pair of Nike Airs.

The matte-green paint adds to the “lifestyle attitude”.

Another thing. The “tech deck” at the front of the car, which conceals the cameras and sensors, is supposed to mimic the Mandalorian helmet from Star Wars.

That will please the kiddies. And Rishi Sunak.

Skoda already sells two battery-powered cars – Enyaq and Enyaq Coupe – and will have three more by 2026.

We’ll get a Karoq-sized SUV in 2024, a smaller Kamiq-sized crossover in 2025, then this.

After that, you can expect Octavia – the heart of Skoda – to have pure-electric versions alongside petrol hybrids.

Proper green team.

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