At Taiwan Expo in Europe 2026 in Warsaw on June 22, Polish and Taiwanese officials unveiled plans for Taiwan to help revive two of Poland’s stalled industrial ambitions: its long-delayed electric vehicle project, originally expected to be developed with Chinese partners, and the semiconductor plans left behind by Intel’s abandoned site.
A technology park backed by Taiwanese companies associated with TEEMA (Taiwan Electrical and Electronic Manufacturers’ Association) would be built in Miękinia in Lower Silesia – the same site near Wrocław where Intel had previously planned a major semiconductor facility.
In other words, Taiwan is filling the space left by both China and the United States in Poland’s industrial strategy.
Warsaw had originally pursued two separate flagship projects: a semiconductor investment tied to Intel and a national electric car project linked to ElectroMobility Poland. Both ran into trouble.
ElectroMobility Poland was created in 2016, under the influence of then-Finance Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, with the goal of building a Polish national electric car brand. In 2022, the company announced that China’s Geely would become the project’s technology partner, with the Izera EV to be built on Geely’s SEA platform, also used by the Volvo EX30.
