Togg Turkish national car

Togg Turkish national cars[lower-alpha 1] are five electric cars that are planned to be produced by Turkey's Automobile Joint Venture Group Inc.,[5] the first being a C-segment SUV.[6]

Togg Turkish national car
Overview
ManufacturerTurkey's Automobile Joint Venture Group Inc.
Also calledTogg Yerli Otomobil
Production3 (1 Vehicle 2 Prototypes) Mass Production Planned for 2022 (SUV) and 2024 (sedan)
AssemblyTurkey: Gemlik
DesignerPininfarina
Body and chassis
Body style
[1]
Layout
Powertrain
Electric motorEach motor 150 kW (200 bhp)
Batteryexpected to be just below 80 kW·h[2] lithium-ion
Range
Plug-in chargingCCS up to 150kW[4]

History

The automotive industry in Turkey has previously attempted to produce cars domestically, for example 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

22 billion lira ($3.21 billion) are slated to be invested[7] and it is hoped the current account deficit of the economy of Turkey will be reduced by US$7.5 billion,[8] due to reduced oil imports and an even greater positive balance of trade in cars.[9] The CEO said in 2020 that the economy will benefit by 50 billion euros over 15 years by the direct and indirect increase in employment.[7]

Environment

It is hoped to benefit the environment by reducing air pollution in Turkey and greenhouse gas emissions by Turkey.[10]

Design and branding

Italian car designer Pininfarina designed the car based on TOGG's requirements, including a tulip motif.

Platform

The platform will be shared across all five cars,[8] a C-SUV, C-sedan, C-hatchback, B-segment SUV and C-MPV.[7]

Production

A factory is being built in Gemlik,[11] with an eventual annual capacity of 175,000 units,[12] mass production vehicles being slated to begin in the final quarter of 2022,[8][13] with a target of a million vehicles by 2030.[7] On 18 July 2020 ground was broken for the factory on the 100 ha (250 acres) site, and construction is planned to take 18 months. When completed, a workforce of over 4,300 will be directly employed in the plant, and about three quarters of the sourcing will be from within the country.[7]

Batteries

According to one report battery cells will be produced by Chinese company Farasis Energy, and battery modules and packs will be made in Turkey.[14] Farasis says the cells will last for 1 million kilometers and can be charged from 10% to 80% in less than 20 minutes.[3] Another report says the cells will come from Germany.[15] The range is said to be over 500 km,[3] and the standard Turkish electrical power socket (which is 230V) will provide a full charge overnight.

Motors

There are single (RWD) and dual motor (AWD) options .[16]

Autonomy and communications

The cars will have level 2 or level 3 autonomy.[17] According to Zorlu the cars will be constantly connected to the internet by 5G.[18]

Safety

The car conforms to the standards of the European New Car Assessment Programme's five-star rating system applicable by 2022.[19] Cars sold in the home market will be speed limited to 180 km/h[18][16](the national motorway speed limit is 125 km/h[20]).

Pricing and competition

Pricing will be similar to competitors C-class electric vehicles.[18] Prior to TOGG the Renault Zoe and BMW i3 were top selling plug-ins.[21]

Sales

The government has guaranteed that it will buy 30,000 vehicles by 2035.[7] Exports to Germany will begin as soon as the car is released in Turkey.[22]

Notes
  1. provisional name

References
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  2. "Turkey Bets on EVs with the Pininfarina-Designed TOGG". Autoweek. 30 December 2019.
  3. TEKNO, Cem Özenen, CEM ÖZENEN / OTO. "Yerli otoya pil müjdesi". www.hurriyet.com.tr (in Turkish). Retrieved 2021-04-09.
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  10. Agency, Anadolu (2020-02-23). "Turkey seen as showing real market potential for electric cars". Daily Sabah. Retrieved 2020-03-01.
  11. Özçelik, Baran Kağan (2020-05-21). "TOGG'un fabrikası için arazide çalışmalar başladı!". Hardware Plus - HWP (in Turkish). Retrieved 2020-06-02.
  12. 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.
  13. "Cumhurbaşkanı Erdoğan, yerli otomobil fabrikasının temel atma töreninde konuştu". Habertürk (in Turkish). 18 July 2020. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
  14. SABAH, DAILY (2020-10-20). "TOGG partners with Farasis for li-ion battery production in Turkey". Daily Sabah. Retrieved 2020-10-21.
  15. Mihm, Andreas; Istanbul. "Elektroautos: Türkei fordert Tesla und VW heraus". FAZ.NET (in German). ISSN 0174-4909. Retrieved 2021-04-09.
  16. "TOGG Motor Seçenekleri Neler?". Yerli Otomobil (in Turkish). 29 December 2020. Retrieved 2021-01-10.
  17. HÜRRİYET/EKONOMİ. "Son dakika: Yerli otomobil özellikleri arasında dikkat çeken o detay! Eğer araç arızalanırsa..." www.hurriyet.com.tr (in Turkish). Retrieved 2020-09-13.
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  19. "Key features of Turkey's first indigenous car". wAnadolu News Agency. Retrieved 2019-12-29.
  20. "Speed limit on highways to increase: Turkish interior minister - Turkey News". Hürriyet Daily News. Retrieved 2020-09-13.
  21. "Unicharge: An Application For Smart Charging of Electric Vehicles".
  22. "TOGG Turkish electric car ready to hit the Europe". ev News Topic. 2020-09-23. Retrieved 2020-10-09.
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