Automotive Exports August 2023

Togg to produce
1 mln vehicles
by 2032
Türkiye’s first electric carmaker Togg will
produce a total of 1 million vehicles by
2032, Industry and Technology Minister
Fatih Kacır has said.
Some 97 percent of those vehicles will
be sold to consumers while the public
institutions will buy the remaining 3
percent, the minister told a group of
journalists.
“The target is to manufacture 175,000 Togg
vehicles in five years. The charging stations
with 1,662 outlets are now available in 81
provinces of Türkiye,” he added.
A total of 1,571 charging stations will be
set up across the country and they will
be available on all intercity highways,
according to the minister.
By the end of this year 20,000 Togg vehicles
will be on the roads, he said.
Türkiye may become an important player in
autonomous cars, Kacır stressed.
“We are very successful in unmanned
aerial vehicles. Togg has a research center
in Ankara. Some 200 highly qualified
engineers, most of them have previously
worked in the defense industry, are
working there.” Kacır also announced a
joint investment with Qatar to produce
65 nanometer chips. The size of the
investment will be $60 million, according
to the minister. “Those chips are widely
used in the automotive and white goods
industries. Türkiye is a leading producer
in those sectors. In while goods, it is the
second largest producer in the world and
the top producer in Europe.”
He also said that Türkiye will contribute
46 million euros to NATO’s 1 billion euro
Innovation Fund.
“Our target is to help Turkish tech
enterprises receive resources, much larger
than our contribution, from this fund.”
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