Syrena

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Fully charged the Vosco can travel up to 250 kilometres. Radek Pietruszka/PAP

In this episode of the Debrief, we put the show into fifth gear as we hurtle towards the future of electric cars in Poland…

Driving force: one firm hopes to revive the Polish automotive industry with electric vehicles based on 50s classic

TFN visited FSO Syrena to find out how a car from 1955 is the inspiration behind a brand-new new electric vehicle.

Thanks, Hanks! Hollywood star Tom Hanks helps to raise cash for Bielsko-Biała hospital with renovation of old Syrena car

Produced between 1957 and 1983, the latter 10 years saw the Syrena beoing manufactured in Bielsko-Biała.

Classic car of the swinging 60s makes a comeback - and this time it’s electric

Being one of the first Polish cars, the Syrena was also one of the first cars to gain cult status in Poland. During communism it was the must-have vehicle and a rival to its German counterpart the Trabant.

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