Automotive Exports September 2022

Electric car sales
may reach 4,500
units this year
In the first six months of 2022, the number
of registered electric vehicles increased
by 170 percent from a year ago to 2,413,
according to a recent report by the Electric
and Hybrid Vehicles Association (TEHAD).
In the whole of 2021, 2,846 electric
vehicles were sold in Turkey.
Due to supply and chip problems, overall
vehicle sales in the country fell more than
10 percent year-on-year in January-June
to 272,000 units, with hybrid vehicle sales
contracting by 17.8 percent.
In the first six months of this year,
consumers bought 9,731 hybrid vehicles.
Fewer hybrid vehicles were available in the
market which led to the decline in sales in
this segment.
“The upward trend in electric car sales may
continue in the remainder of the year,”
TEHAD said in the report.
Depending on the supply situation, the
number of electric vehicles sold in Turkey
may reach 4,500 units at the end of this
year, according to Berkan Bayram from
TEHAD.
Top-selling brands
Renault, BMW and Mercedes-Benz
dominated the electric car sales in the first
half of this year. BMW topped the list with
a market share of 21 percent. The carmaker
sold 504 electric vehicles in Turkey in the
first half.
Renault’s Zoe was the top-selling model
(492 units in the market, while Mercedes-
Benz’s market share was 18 percent. In
the first half, the sales of Porsche’s Taycan
model declined from 294 units a year ago
to 104 units as the Russia-Ukraine war
impacted the production of this model.
In the hybrid vehicles segment, Toyota
remained the market leader, but its share
shrank as Fiat and Honda model vehicles
were introduced to consumers. The market
share of Fiat and Honda was 12 percent
each in the first half of 2022.
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