More than a Factory: Turkey breaks ground for 1st domestic car plant
Turkey’s first domestic car plant was held in northwestern Bursa province, dubbed the country’s automotive capital
The plant will host the indigenous car engineering, design and production center.
TOGG factory is expected to be completed in 18 months and will start mass production in 2022 with an annual capacity of 175,000 vehicles
TOGG will produce five different models – sport utility vehicle (SUV), sedan, c-hatchback, b-SUV and b-MPV – until 2030 and own all intellectual and industrial property rights
Turkey's Automobile Initiative Group (TOGG) total of $3.7 billion will be invested in the project
The prototype of Turkey's first indigenous Electric Cars were unveiled on Dec. 26.
The Turkish vehicles are expected to hit the market in 2022
Turkey's charging infrastructure problem will be solved in 2022
Specifications
-- The fully electric car is expected to have two engine configurations 200 hp or 400 hp
-- a 4.8 second sprint from 0 to 100 km/h
-- The car will have a range of up to 500 km and locally produced Lithium-ion battery chargeable to 80% in less than 30 minutes
-- "3D Holographic Assistant" technology .. ( the first time in the world )
This innovative assistant will benefit from advanced eye tracking algorithms and holographic three-dimensional imaging technologies to provide a user experience far beyond the ordinary virtual dashboard
-- The car is becoming a smart device. It's an autonomous vehicle ( autonomous driving level 3 )
-- Artificial Intelligence technology
-- Intelligent connection and updating software over the internet via a 4G / 5G connection
It alone will create 20,000 additional jobs
$7.5 billion less current deficit
$50 billion contribution to gross domestic product
