The baseline for European EVs has just been rewritten.

In this episode of The Auto Brief News, Jim Khana and Amber Light head to The Garage to dissect the Škoda Epiq—a car Amber calls the "democratization of the revolution" and Jim calls a "refrigerator on aero wheels."

We tackle the headline that has the industry sweating: absolute price parity with its internal combustion counterparts. While Amber obsesses over the MEB+ platform, the 0.275 drag coefficient, and the "Tech-Deck Face," Jim finds himself in a moral crisis. He hates the front-wheel-drive "appliance" feel, but he can't resist a 1,200kg towing capacity and bidirectional charging that can power his vintage VHS player during a blackout.

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