TOGG Turkish national car

TOGG Turkish national cars[lower-alpha 1] are two electric cars that are planned to be produced by Turkey's Automobile Joint Venture Group Inc.,[4] the first being a C-segment SUV.[5]

TOGG Turkish national car
Overview
ManufacturerTurkey's Automobile Joint Venture Group Inc.
Also calledTOGG Yerli Otomobil
Productionplanned for 2022 (SUV) and 2024 (sedan)
AssemblyBursa
DesignerPininfarina
Body and chassis
ClassCompact car (C)
Body style
Layout
Powertrain
Electric motorEach motor 150 kW (200 bhp)
Batteryexpected to be just below 80 kW·h[1] lithium-ion
Range
Plug-in chargingCCS up to 150kW[3]

History

The automotive industry in Turkey has previously attempted to produce cars completely domestically, an example being the Anadol brand.

Company
This section is an excerpt from TOGG[edit]
TOGG, or Turkey's Automobile Joint Venture Group Inc. (Turkish: Türkiye'nin Otomobili Girişim Grubu A.Ş.) is a Turkish automotive company founded as a joint venture in 2018. Anadolu Group, BMC Turkey, Kök Group, Turkcell and Zorlu Holding are major stakeholders under the umbrella institution TOBB. Each company has 19% shares and TOBB has 5% share.

Economics

It is hoped to benefit the economy of Turkey by reducing vehicle and oil imports and increasing exports,[6] thereby reducing the current account deficit by US$7.5 billion.[7]

Environment

It is hoped to benefit the environment by reducing air pollution in Turkey and greenhouse gas emissions by Turkey.[8]

Design

The design was done by Pininfarina based on TOGG's requirements.

Platform

The platform will be shared across all five cars.[7]

Production

A factory is being built in Gemlik,[9] with an eventual annual capacity of 175,000 units[10] and mass production vehicles from the last quarter of 2022.[7][11] On 18 July 2020, the groundbreaking ceremony for the production plant took place. The plant is constructed on a land of 100 ha (250 acres). It is planned that the construction will take 18 months. When completed, a workforce of about 4,000 will be directly employed.[11]

Batteries

The size and cell type of the batteries was not announced as part of the 2019 unveiling, nor which battery manufacturer will make them. However they may be produced domestically,[8] will allow a range up to 500 km, the standard Turkish electrical power socket (which is 230V) will provide a full charge overnight, and fast charging will allow charging to 80% within 30 minutes. According to TOGG CEO Gürcan Karakaş one of 6 heavyweight Chinese firms will be chosen as technology partner for the batteries.[12]

Safety

The car conforms to the standards of the European New Car Assessment Programme's five-star rating system applicable by 2022.[13]

Notes
  1. provisional name

References
  1. "Turkey Bets on EVs with the Pininfarina-Designed TOGG". Autoweek. 30 December 2019.
  2. "First Turkish Car Company Plans to Launch an Electric SUV in 2022". Car and Driver.
  3. "Turkey plans to produce electric vehicles with a $3.7 billion investment". Elektrek.
  4. "Turkey's indigenous car presented to public". =Hürriyet Daily News. Retrieved 2019-12-29.
  5. "EIA Report of the Domestic Automobile Factory to be Established in Bursa Announced". Railly News. Retrieved 2020-06-02.
  6. "Indigenous automobile to add 50B euros to Turkish economy in 15 years". Daily Sabah. Retrieved 2019-12-29.
  7. "TURKEY STARTS NEW JOURNEY IN AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY" (PDF). Investment Office. February 2020.
  8. Agency, Anadolu (2020-02-23). "Turkey seen as showing real market potential for electric cars". Daily Sabah. Retrieved 2020-03-01.
  9. Özçelik, Baran Kağan (2020-05-21). "TOGG'un fabrikası için arazide çalışmalar başladı!". Hardware Plus - HWP (in Turkish). Retrieved 2020-06-02.
  10. AA, Daily Sabah with (2020-02-14). "At least 10 countries contact Turkey for domestic car dealership, minister says". Daily Sabah. Retrieved 2020-03-01.
  11. "Cumhurbaşkanı Erdoğan, yerli otomobil fabrikasının temel atma töreninde konuştu". Habertürk (in Turkish). 18 July 2020. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
  12. COŞAN, Burak. "Yerli otomobilin CEO'sundan önemli fiyat açıklaması". Hurriyet (in Turkish). Retrieved 2020-01-29. Aracın bataryası için Çin ağırlıklı 6 firma ile gizlilik sözleşmesi imzaladık. Bunlardan biri ile anlaşacağız.
  13. "Key features of Turkey's first indigenous car". wAnadolu News Agency. Retrieved 2019-12-29.
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