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Volvo Cars building €1.2B EV manufacturing plant in Slovakia; third in Europe

Green Car Congress

Volvo Cars will build a third manufacturing plant in Europe, positioning the company well to meet the continued demand from its customers for electric cars and capture future growth potential. million cars by mid-decade, which it aims to meet with a global manufacturing footprint spanning Europe, the US and Asia.

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Volvo Cars gears up for long-term sustainable growth with new Slovakia EV manufacturing plant

Electric Cars Report

Volvo Cars announces today it will establish a third manufacturing plant in Europe, positioning the company well to meet the continued demand from its customers for electric cars and capture future growth potential.

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Rio Tinto invests in InoBat

Green Car Congress

Rio Tinto is supporting the development of a battery ecosystem in Europe with an investment in Inobat Auto (InoBat), a Europe-based battery technology and manufacturing company. This investment will support the completion of InoBat’s research and development center and pilot battery line in Voderady, Slovakia.

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Denied! The Kia EV2 could have been one of the cheapest EVs on-sale in Australia, instead tariffs and logistics mean we’re almost certain to miss out

EV Central

Kia reveals EV4 sedan and hatch as countdown to global EV Day and more new models continues READ MORE: Kia EV3 aces the Australian Open, with March arrival likely for the Hyundai Kona and MG ZS rival We would like to offer EV2 however, production out of Slovakia does present some hurdles when it comes to logistics and cost, so it is highly unlikely.”

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Skoda to set up second life battery hubs to power its retailers

Electric Vehicles India

The power hubs will provide energy to power the showrooms, workshop buildings and the charging infrastructure for customer cars. The company has also received 160 pre-orders for the power hubs from its dealers in Czech Republic, Germany, Netherlands and Slovakia. The company has also completed its pilot project successfully in Prague.

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Kia will officially launch its cheaper, smaller EV2 in January 2026

Baua Electric

The EV2 will be built at its Zilina, Slovakia plant, Kias first manufacturing facility in Europe. Kias CEO stressed that building affordable EVs is very important for the brand. In Korea, prices could start as low as $15,000 (KRW 20 million).

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Skoda begins production of second-gen Kodiaq from Kvasiny plant | Autocar Professional

Baua Electric

By transferring the production of the new-generation Superb from Kvasiny to Bratislava, Slovakia, the Czech carmaker has created additional capacity at Kvasiny to manufacture the successful Kodiaq and Karoq SUV models. Consequently, the plant is primed to build up to 410 Kodiaqs a day.