Izera / ElectroMobility Poland (Polish electric car)
Izera is the brand of the first Polish electric car, developed by the company ElectroMobility Poland S.A. (controlled by the State Treasury), established on 19 October 2016. The brand was officially presented on 28 July 2020, and the factory was planned in Jaworzno in the Śląskie Voivodeship, with series production originally announced for the third quarter of 2023. The deadlines were successively postponed (to 2024, and then to the fourth quarter of 2025), and the project — based partly on the platform of China's Geely — failed to secure financing. On 17 December 2024, the Minister of State Assets Jakub Jaworowski announced the end of the Izera project. After years of work and more than PLN 580 million in spending, neither the factory nor a finished vehicle was produced. The company redirected its activities towards building a production and development hub in Jaworzno with a new brand and the Taiwanese partner Foxconn (a separate successor project).
The Izera project, run by the company ElectroMobility Poland S.A. (majority State Treasury-owned) since 2016, aimed to launch production of the first Polish electric car at a factory in Jaworzno. Series production was originally planned for the third quarter of 2023, and was then postponed to 2024 and the fourth quarter of 2025. The project, which was based in part on the platform of the Chinese group Geely, failed to secure full financing by the end of 2023 and was suspended; a change of government and audits followed. On 17 December 2024, the Minister of State Assets Jakub Jaworowski announced the end of the Izera project, which was confirmed in April 2025 by the company's new CEO Tomasz Kędzierski. By the time the project was closed, with spending exceeding PLN 580 million, no factory or finished Izera-brand vehicle had been produced. The company's activity was redirected towards building a production hub in Jaworzno with a new brand and the Taiwanese partner Foxconn — this is a separate, successor undertaking.
How it went
Assessment: settled. Signals only where documented.
Timeline
Slip: +24 mo. vs. the original date
- Announced 28 Jul 2020
- Original date 2023
- Current date 2025
Change history
- 17 Dec 2024 status: cancelled On 17 December 2024, Minister of State Assets Jakub Jaworowski announced the end of the Izera project. The brand was abandoned; ElectroMobility Poland's activity was redirected to a separate, successor project of a production-and-development hub in Jaworzno with partner Foxconn (Hon Hai) and a new brand (production planned around 2029).
- 28 Jul 2020 stage: announced
Significance
The closure of the Izera project meant that, after nearly a decade of work and more than PLN 580 million in public outlays, Poland gained neither its own electric car brand, nor a factory in Jaworzno, nor a finished vehicle. Public funds committed since 2016 did not translate into production, and the original deadlines for its launch (Q3 2023) were postponed multiple times. The experience and resources of ElectroMobility Poland were redirected towards a new model of cooperation with a foreign partner (Foxconn) in Jaworzno, constituting a separate, later undertaking.
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- Wikipedia (pl)StatusAnnouncedOriginal dateCurrent dateInvestorReason for failure
Status „17 grudnia 2024 roku minister aktywów państwowych Jakub Jaworowski ogłosił koniec projektu Izera"
Investor „19 października 2016 roku zainaugurowane zostało powstanie spółki akcyjnej ElectroMobility Poland"
Stage „Oficjalna prezentacja marki Izera odbyła się 28 lipca 2020 roku"
Original date „produkcja seryjna miała zostać rozpoczęta w III kwartale 2023 roku"
Current date „czwartym kwartale 2025 roku"
locations „w trzecim kwartale 2021 roku rozpocznie się budowa pierwszych zakładów produkcyjnych samochodów marki Izera, za której lokalizację obrano Jaworzno w województwie śląskim"
- XYZ.plCostReason for failure
Cost „total expenditures exceeded PLN 580 million (EUR 123 million) net"
Delivery „Poland's electric car dream: PLN 0.5 billion spent, no factory, no vehicle"
- Money.pl 12 Apr 2025StatusInvestorCostReason for failure
Reason for failure „Tomasz Kędzierski, prezes ElectroMobility Poland, ogłosił koniec Izery, ale nie koniec działalności spółki."
- OKO.press 22 Apr 2025StatusReason for failure
- Interia MotoryzacjaStatusReason for failure
Scope „To koniec Izery. 4,5 mld zł na inną markę i fabrykę w Jaworznie"
- Najwyższa Izba Kontroli (NIK) 20 Sep 2023OutcomeLossesSchedule
Losses „Już według stanu na dzień 31 grudnia 2021 r. Projekt nie był realizowany zgodnie z harmonogramem"
- OKO.pressOutcomeScopeStatus
- Money.pl 19 Apr 2024OutcomeLosses
Losses „Zamknięcie projektu oznaczałoby spisanie na straty pół miliarda złotych zainwestowanych przez Skarb Państwa"
- Bankier.pl 7 May 2026OutcomeScopeStatus
Scope „Partnerem strategicznym ElectroMobility Poland dla projektu budowy hubu elektromobilności w Jaworznie będzie tajwański koncern Foxconn ... Zastrzegł jednak, że nie będzie to Izera."