Poland wants to produce 100k electric cars annually

According to the Polish energy ministry the country plans to produce 100,000 domestically designed electric cars per annum and announced a contest for the car's body. “We are inviting Polish entrepreneurs to participate,” Minister of Energy Krzysztof Tchórzewski said. The construction of the winning model will then proceed with the state support. “The Treasury could hold a share in it, for example 49 percent, but we do not assume the state would be producing cars,” Tchórzewski explained. The resort excluded the possibility of state-controlled power utilities to be investors in such endeavor. Poland expects annual production to reach some 100,000 such vehicles. They will have a 250 kilometers range and will be earmarked for urban environment. The first prototypes are expected in 2018-2019.