Safety: Advanced assistance systems benefiting from swarm data and new Intelligent Park Assist

› Travel Assist combines several safety systems and makes extended use of swarm data
› Intelligent Park Assist for easy parking and remote vehicle control using a smartphone
› Passive safety systems ensure a high level of occupant protection

Mladá Boleslav, 9 December 2024 – The all-new Škoda Elroq offers occupants a high level of passive and active safety. It comes with up to nine airbags and state-of-the-art assistance systems. The comprehensive Travel Assist function now makes extended use of swarm data for even more advanced driver support. With Intelligent Park Assist, owners can even control parking manoeuvres from outside the vehicle.

Škoda’s latest electric SUV boasts a comprehensive range of state-of-the-art passive and active safety systems, such as Travel Assist. This integrates Adaptive Lane Assist, Adaptive Cruise Control, Traffic Jam Assist, Emergency Assist, and Side Assist. The most recent version leverages swarm data collected by Volkswagen Group vehicles for enhanced driver assistance. The system continuously downloads a map of its surroundings, charted by vehicles that have previously passed through the area. This feature enables optimised predictive cruise control and predictive cornering assistance. Additionally, with swarm data support, the vehicle can manage areas with sparse road markings, such as incomplete longitudinal lane lines on both sides.

Predictive Adaptive Cruise Control (pACC) optimises energy consumption by automatically adapting the speed to the route, using data from the vehicle’s sensors. Bends, junctions and roundabouts are announced in good time. Intelligent Speed Assist automatically follows speed limits based on Traffic Sign Recognition and when entering built-up areas. Collision protection is provided by the standard Front Assist, which includes Predictive Pedestrian Protection, Predictive Cyclist Protection, Collision Avoidance Assist and Turn Assist. In the event of an impending accident, Crew Protect Assist quickly initiates protective measures such as closing the side windows and tightening seatbelts. Up to nine airbags protect the occupants in an emergency: airbags for the driver and front passenger, head airbags, front side airbags and a central airbag between the front seats are fitted as standard; rear side airbags are available as an option.

The optional Intelligent Park Assist includes the new Trained Parking, Remote Park Assist and Remote Trained Parking functions. With Remote Park Assist, the driver can control parking manoeuvres using the MyŠkoda app on the smartphone. Remote Park Assist can park the Elroq in rows of parallel-parked or perpendicular-parked vehicles. For perpendicular parking, it can park facing in or out. The system can also manoeuvre the car out of a row of perpendicular-parked vehicles, either front first or in reverse. For parallel parking, it always reverses into the space in a line of parallel-parked vehicles and prepares the car to pull out by positioning the wheels and, if necessary, reversing to create space. The user is required to remain close to the vehicle while their mobile phone communicates with the car via Bluetooth. With Trained Parking, the Elroq can remember approaches of up to 50 metres to five different parking spaces, which it then executes automatically on request. As soon as a saved parking position has been recognised and displayed by the vehicle, the parking process can be initiated on the vehicle’s infotainment display or from outside the vehicle using the MyŠkoda mobile app.