TURKEY PLANS TO PRODUCE 1 MLN ELECTRİC CARS PER YEAR

Details: 29 July 2024

26.07.24

Turkish authorities intend to produce about 1 million electric cars per year. As Report reports with reference to TRT Haber, this was announced by the President of the Republic Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

“We are launching a package of measures to stimulate the production of electric cars worth $5 billion to increase their production per year to 1 million units,” Erdogan said.

He recalled that in early July, Turkey signed an agreement worth over $1 billion with the world's largest electric car manufacturer, China's BYD. “Our negotiations with other companies continue. All this is just the beginning,” the Turkish president noted.

The agreement with BYD envisages the opening of a plant in Turkey with a capacity of 150,000 electric and hybrid cars per year.

https://report.az/ru/infrastruktura/turciya-planiruet-proizvodit-v-god-1-mln-elektromobilej/

Turkey

Capital: Ankara ( 5 270 57)

Other big cities: Istanbul (14 657 434), Izmir (4 168 415), Bursa (2 842 547), Antalya (2 288 45), Adana (2 183 16)

Form of government: Unitary parliamentary constitutional republic

Area: 783 652 km²

Population: 79 814 871 (2017)

Export: $150,2 billion (2016)

Import: $191 billion (2016)

International Organizations: United Nations (UN), Council of Europe (COE), the European Union (EU), D-8, G-20, Turkish Council, TURKSOY, Islamic Cooperation Organization, The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), Asian Cooperation Dialogue (ACD), Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), Union for the Mediterranean, World Trade Organization (WTO), World Bank, the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the Islamic Development Bank (IDB), the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO), the Black Sea Economic Cooperation Organization (BSEC), the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), Asian Conference on Measures and Security Measures (CICA), Black Sea Naval Cooperation Task Group (BLACKSEAFOR), Organization of the Eurasian Law Enforcement Agencies with Military Status (TAKM), Interpol, International Maritime Organization (IMO), International Telecommunication Union (ITU), World Postal Union (UPU), European Patent Office (EPO), European Civil Aviation Conference (ECAC) European Telecommunication Standards Institute (ETSI), European Broadcasting Union (EBU), International Olympic Committee (IOC), International Federation Football Association (FIFA), Union of European Football Associations (UEFA).