Automotive Exports – May 2017

Monthly automotive aftermarket magazine
Sales Of Electric And Hybrid
Vehicles Speed Up In Q1
The sales of electric and hybrid vehicles have surged by 563 in the domestic
market in the first quarter of 2017, this number was 23 units in the same
period last year
In the first quarter this year, the
number of 563 electric and hybrid
vehicles were sold in Turkey, this
number was 23 units last year.
According to the statement from,
Turkish Electric and Hybrid Vehicle
Platform (TEHAD), while the number
of 23 electric and hybrid vehicles was
sold in the first quarter, the number
reached 563 units in this category in
the same period this year.
TEHAD founder Berkan Bayram
announced the automobile drivers
in Turkey have begun to show
interest in the hybrid vehicles some
more.
Stating with regard to special
consumption tax regulation which
was enacted in the favor of the hybrid
automobiles became attractive for
the automobile drivers, Bayram said;
“We can observe the sales of C and
D segment hybrid models have
reached a noteworthy number
when compared with gasoline
and diesel models. The special
consumption tax price difference
in the rate of some 15-20 percent
equals virtually a secondhand B
segment vehicle.”
The foundation aim of Turkey’s
Electric and Hybrid Vehicles
Association (TEHAD) is to show
the viability of transportation and
freight having zero carbon emission.
TEHAD aims to allow chargeable
vehicles appear on highways much
more. TEHAD is also a civil society
organization to make sustainable
solutions for the transport problems
which threaten human health and
environment.
60 MAY 2017