State-owned energy companies in Poland are pooling their resources to build a new electrical vehicle factor costing around  €1-billion.

The likelihood of Warsaw reaching it’s target of 1 million EVs on Poland’s roads by 2025 has become more realistic following the announcement that the energy companies are to collaborate on a project designed to create Poland’s first home produced electric vehicle. 

The company behind the move is  Electro-mobility Poland, who have laid out their aims to tailor the EV to meet the needs of the Polish consumer but to also attract other customers from inside the EU.  Price, accessories and  the technical parameters of customer needs are the intended focus. 

The spokesperson for the company drew attention to the fact that at present Poland, despite being the largest internal market in the EU, does not currently have it’s own national brand.  The aim is to redress this by creating a new brand on the market to make and sell electric vehicles.   Since FSO Polonex closed in 2002 there has been no national car producer in Poland. 

It is still early days for the project and so far no location or budget has been announced, however industry insiders say that it is likely to be around €1billion.

The move has been welcomed by Julia Poliscanova, an expert in clean vehicles, however she warned that the highly intensive nature of electrical vehicle  manufacture must be considered and that the company should make effort to ensure that they pay enough attention to  decarbonising electricity grids.  Coal is still a major source of energy in Poland, despite recent investment in renewable sources in an attempt to clean up energy production in the country. 

Poland currently has one of the largest battery plants within the EU and have well established electric bus companies.  If they can bring about this EV project it will definitely be a great addition to Poland’s e-mobility portfolio.  Particularly as last month it was announced that  Mercedes-Benz would be opening its own branded battery plant here.

The European Commission has also announce that a  €36million investment aid package has been awarded to LG Chem, a South Korean based chemical manufacturer to allow them to continue to manufacture  Li-ion batteries in Poland’s Dolnoślaskie region.