Like many long-established car manufacturers, the company that would become Škoda Auto started in the early 1890s by making bicycles. Today, you won’t see velocipedes rolling off of Škoda assembly lines, but you just might see plug-in electric vehicles.
Now a wholly owned subsidiary of the Volkswagen Group, Škoda produced more than 800,000 vehicles last year, including some 49,000 EVs. Based in Mladá Boleslav, Czech Republic, Škoda has the second highest profit margin of all VW’s brands, behind only Porsche.