

The NEWS
FEBRUARY 2021


EV Manufacturing / TOGG
TOGG CEO's Karakas, "We provide 75 percent of our supply from Turkey and the majority are from the members of TAYSAD, while 25 percent from overseas, . At the end of 2022, first mass production vehicle coming off the line that will initially be 51% turkish made. We believe we will increase this to 68 percent by the end of 2025.


EV Charging Operator / Shell
In addition to electric charging companies, fuel companies are also not idle. Shell is also focused on charging stations in Turkey. Shell Turcas CEO's Turanlı said, "We aim to increase the number of charging units to 15 by the end of the year, especially in big cities and holiday routes."


Commercial EV Manufacturing Boat Industry /Sefine Shipyard
Basto Electric NB42, the world's largest electric ferry with a total capacity of 600 passengers and 200 passenger vehicles produced by Sefine Shipyard, successfully passed the equipment and hardware tests applied during its trial cruises and was delivered to the Norwegian company Basto Fosen.


NGOs / AVERE Turkey
Haluk Sayar: "It is time to correct a mistake about electric vehicles (EV); they are not vehicles with zero emissions or zero carbon footprint. In order for a vehicle to be carbon -neutral, it should not emit greenhouse gases at any stage from the materials used in vehicle production until the vehicle is scrapped and recycled of its life cycle. Obviously, it is not possible today. However, we can compare the amount of emissions caused by ICE and EV for a life cycle."