PodcastTurkey rolls out first electric car TOGG
Mass production of Turkey's first domestically-produced electric car has started at TOGG Gemlik Factory in Bursa province.
Anadolu Agency - Duvar English
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan rolled out the country's first domestically-produced electric car C-SUV as the country celebrated the 99th anniversary of Republic Day on Oct. 29.
Attending the opening ceremony of the TOGG Gemlik Campus in the northwestern province of Bursa, where the car will be mass-produced, Erdoğan took a test drive.
"We are all witnessing the fulfillment of the 60-year-old dream," Erdoğan said, adding "TOGG is the name of the project that gives us all the pleasure of establishing this common dream for the strong future of our country."
TOGG will hit the roads in the first quarter of 2023, he said, adding when Togg Gemlik Campus reaches full capacity, 175,000 vehicles will be produced annually and 4,300 people will be directly and 20,000 will be indirectly employed.