Kia has started building the EV2 in Slovakia, giving it a second fully electric model assembled in Europe after the EV4 and adding another piece to its regional EV push.
The B-segment SUV rolls out of Kia’s Žilina plant, where the company had already prepared local EV production for the EV4, which entered production in August 2025.
The EV2 sits at the more accessible end of Kia’s electric range in Europe. Kia’s own model pages said buyers would get a choice of 42.2kWh and 61.0kWh batteries, with quoted range of up to 317km and 453km respectively, though homologation is still pending.
Charging support includes 400V DC fast charging and 11kW AC, while the car also brings route planning, Plug & Charge and bidirectional charging into the mix.
Kia is also pitching the EV2 as more than a basic city EV. The official material points to sliding and reclining rear seats, up to 403 litres of boot space, a triple-screen layout in some versions, OTA updates and a broad ADAS suite.
The Žilina plant itself is hardly new. Kia said the factory opened in 2004 as its first European manufacturing base and has long built cars and powertrains for the region.
What is new is the speed of the shift. The EV4 put battery-electric production into the Slovakian mix last year. The EV2 now widens that effort, and Kia has already said the long-range EV2 and GT-Line versions are due to follow the standard-range model during 2026.
