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Kia EV2, compact electric SUV produced in SlovakiaNewsNews

Kia: EV2 GT is not in the product plan; Romania keeps GT-Line

Diagram from Mazda’s patent application for the rotary-engine EGR systemNewsNews

Mazda has published an EGR patent application for the rotary engine

Opel Frontera Start, family SUV in Effekt BlueNewsNews

Opel Frontera Start: 1.2 engine with 100 hp, from €21,990 in Germany

Tesla Semi, electric tractor unit photographed by the manufacturerNewsNews

Tesla Semi: European specifications at IAA Hannover in September

BYD cars prepared for export marketsNewsNews

China car sales fall for a 10th month as exports nearly double

Audi electric vehicle production at the Ingolstadt site, used as a reference imageNewsNews

Audi A4 e-tron reportedly delayed until 2029

Renault Megane E-Tech Electric photographed from the frontNewsNews

Renault opens Romanian orders for the Megane E-Tech Electric