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Izera gets another green light as Jaworzno factory moves closer

From Rzeczpospolita · () Polish

Translated from Polish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • A parliamentary environmental committee approved transferring land in Jaworzno for an Izera factory planned to produce up to 400,000 electric cars a year.
  • ElectroMobility Poland has agreed to work with Taiwan’s Foxconn, while Poland’s environmental fund has provided 4.5 billion zlotys from the national recovery plan.
  • Construction could begin next spring and the first cars could leave the plant two years later, provided agreements with foreign partners are signed.

Izera’s long-delayed factory in Jaworzno has cleared another hurdle. A parliamentary environmental committee approved the transfer of plots in the Jaworzno Economic Area, allowing forest land to be assigned for a plant designed to produce 400,000 electric cars a year.

The land is to move from ElectroMobility Poland, or EMP, to EMP Auto, a special-purpose company created in December 2025 for a future joint venture with a foreign investor. EMP reached an agreement in May with Taiwan’s Foxconn, one of the world’s largest contract electronics manufacturers and a producer of devices for Apple.

The project could accelerate if talks with the Taiwanese partners end with an agreement by the end of November. Piotr Masłowski is also due to become deputy energy minister on Sept. 7, with responsibility for electromobility.

The financing is already in place. At the end of August, Poland’s National Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management became EMP’s majority shareholder after contributing 4.5 billion zlotys from the national recovery plan. An extraordinary shareholders’ meeting had earlier approved a capital increase, changes to the company’s statutes and the appointment of two fund representatives to the supervisory board.

Those steps clear the way for construction, subject to contracts with the project’s foreign partners. Building could start next spring, with the first cars potentially leaving the plant two years later.

The investment is being presented as a potential boost for Poland’s struggling electric-vehicle market. In the first half of 2026, battery-electric cars accounted for 5% of registrations in Poland, compared with an EU average of 20.7%. Their share fell to 4.7% in August, from 7.8% a year earlier. Industry association head Jakub Faryś attributed the decline mainly to the end of government subsidies. High vehicle prices remain a problem, even as rising fuel costs could increase interest in electric cars.

The key factor is the end of government support in the form of subsidies.

· Jakub FaryśThe head of Poland’s automotive industry association discussed the decline in electric-car registrations.
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Originally published by Rzeczpospolita in Polish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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