November marked a historic surge in Poland’s electric vehicle market. Nearly 5,000 battery electric vehicles (BEVs) were registered during the month—more than four times as many as a year earlier—according to data from the Polish Automotive Industry Association (PZPM). As a result, electric cars reached a record-high 10.2% share of new passenger car registrations. This dynamic growth was driven primarily by subsidies under the NaszEauto program.
From January to November 2025, a total of 35,627 electric cars were registered, nearly 2.5 times as many as in the same period in 2024. As PZPM notes, November’s figure of almost 5,000 registrations would have been considered an excellent annual result just a few years ago.
“Over the first 11 months of this year, growth in the electric car segment reached as much as 140%. That is good news for every car manufacturer if we can secure even a slice of that market. However, this growth has been largely driven by subsidies, especially in the small, city-car segment, where the grants covered almost half of the vehicle’s value,” said Łukasz Borak, Marketing Director at Hyundai Motor Poland, in an interview with Newseria.
The NaszEauto program—an updated version of the Mój Elektryk 2.0 scheme—provides financial support for the purchase, leasing, or long-term rental of electric vehicles. It has been in operation since February 2025 and is scheduled to run until 30 April 2026 or until the funds are exhausted. By the end of November, more than PLN 730 million of the available PLN 1.18 billion from Poland’s National Recovery Plan (KPO) had already been allocated. In November alone, nearly 3,900 applications were submitted to the National Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management (NFOŚiGW), a figure similar to October. Experts from the EV Klub Polska Foundation expect December to bring record-high EV registrations, while January 2026 could see a record number of subsidy applications.
At the current application pace, with the average subsidy exceeding PLN 31,000 and an expanded group of beneficiaries—including NGOs as well as educational and medical institutions—experts estimate that the remaining funds may be used up faster than initially anticipated. In addition, from 20 October 2025, the program was extended to include delivery vehicles and minibuses, with maximum subsidies of PLN 70,000 and PLN 600,000, respectively.
“The subsidy program will end in the first quarter of next year, and then everything will depend on the average consumer. As we know, Polish consumers tend to be cost-conscious, so we do not expect next year to deliver growth on the same scale as this one,” Borak assesses.
“There is no doubt that the subsidy system has worked in terms of popularizing electric cars. We would like to see it continued, but whether that happens is a political decision. There is talk that this may be the last program of this kind,” comments Stanisław Dojs, PR Manager at Hyundai Motor Poland.
Since July, the EV registration market has been posting triple-digit growth rates. Experts stress that this is not only the result of subsidies, but also of an increasingly broad range of models in the small and compact segments. Similar triple-digit growth is visible in Hyundai’s results on the Polish market. After 11 months of 2024, sales totaled fewer than 500 units; this year they have already exceeded 2,000. Electric vehicles now account for 8% of the brand’s registrations, compared with just 1.5% a year ago.
As Stanisław Dojs notes, the electric vehicle market—like the entire automotive sector—is changing under the influence of growing competition and new players, particularly from China, which are competing aggressively on price and model diversity.
“There is a chance this will be a record year, with more than 640,000 new cars sold, and that is largely thanks to new market entrants. However, Hyundai will not give up ground. Our five-year warranty terms are among the best on the market. In addition, our vehicles have a very high level of reliability and therefore depreciate slowly, which is one of the strongest indicators for customers. We continue to offer new technologies. The IONIQ electric range features 800-volt batteries and high-speed charging. Our SUV models, such as the Tucson or KONA, have very low fuel consumption and are popular with customers, including fleet buyers,” emphasizes the PR Manager of Hyundai Motor Poland.
Representatives of the brand are already preparing for a period in which the market becomes more competitive and state support is withdrawn.
“We are focusing on quality and will attract customers with all the features that matter beyond price—and there are many of them,” concludes Stanisław Dojs.
