Geely cooperation on Poland's Izera electric car ends without a deal

Izera is the Polish electric car brand created by ElectroMobility Poland (EMP), a company owned by the state. It was meant to give Poland its own mass-market electric vehicle, with production planned at a new plant in Jaworzno, southern Poland.

To speed up development, EMP had turned to China's Geely, one of the world's large carmakers, as a source of technology. The idea was that Izera models would be built on a Geely vehicle platform, the underlying chassis and electrical architecture, rather than designed from scratch. Several years of talks and preliminary arrangements followed, but a final deal on the platform was never concluded.

By around the start of 2025 it was clear the cooperation would not go ahead. The outcome was a setback for the project, which had already seen delays and criticism over its cost and timetable. EMP was left to look for a new technology partner to supply a platform and engineering expertise.

The collapse of the Geely track mattered because it reopened basic questions about whether and how Poland's electric car could reach production. It set the stage for the later search for alternatives, including the contacts with Taiwan's Foxtron.