Electric vehicles

Türkiye's auto market expanded more than 57 percent last year from 2022, with passenger cars and light commercial vehicle sales hitting an all-time high of 1.23 million.

From January to December 2023, a total of 967,342 passenger cars were sold in Türkiye, marking a robust 63.2 percent increase from the previous year.

A new section that provides information on key aspects of e-mobility is now available on the website of the Greek Infrastructure and Transport Ministry, it was announced on Wednesday.

There are currently 2,120 e-vehicle charging stations in Greece with 4,890 charging points, Hellenic Institute of Electric Vehicles (ELINHO) President Giorgos Ageridis said on Tuesday.

The research teams have largely completed tests of Türksat-6A, Türkiye's first domestically produced communication satellite, Industry and Technology Minister Mehmet Fatih Kacır has announced.

The annual increase in passenger car sales slowed from 109 percent in July to 88 percent in August, the data from the Automotive Distributors' and Mobility Association (ODMD) have shown.

Last month, a total of 66,131 passenger cars were sold on the local market, down from around 86,000 cars sold in July. 

People from the auto industry had expected sales to slow in August.

Türkiye's indigenous electric carmaker Togg delivered more cars in August than the previous three months combined.

The company delivered 1,965 T10X model cars last month, whereas the total deliveries stood at 1,435 in May, June and July.

Preorders for the Togg T10X were taken online from March 16 to 27, and some 177,000 vehicles were sold online.

With demand for electric vehicles rising, the charging station network in Türkiye is expanding fast, reaching nearly 4,000.

Türkiye's indigenous electric carmaker Togg is preparing to start two shifts at its production plant in mid-September earlier than initially planned due to strong demand, Gürcan Karakaş, the company's CEO has said.

The number of Togg vehicles on Türkiye's roads has exceeded 2,000, Technology and Industry Minister Mehmet Fatih Kacır has said.

Türkiye's first indigenous electric carmaker delivered more cars in the first half of August than it did in the whole of July, Kacır wrote on social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter.

Newly bought electric vehicles doubled their share in Greece in the first half of 2023 but are still lagging behind EU purchases, suggesting that the incentives provided by the government may not be enough.

In Greece, 4.60% of newly purchased cars were battery-rechargeable, compared to 12.90% in the EU.