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Turkey Launches Its First Homegrown Automotive Company & It’s Electric!

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Turkey has established itself as a global automotive manufacturing powerhouse and in 2017, Turkey’s President Erdo?an A coalition of 5 Turkish companies rallied around the idea, and in 2019, the first two concept vehicles were unveiled. Disclaimer: Travel and accommodations for the author […].

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Toyota to build production version of C-HR hybrid concept in Turkey

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Toyota Motor Europe (TME) confirmed European production for a production version of the C-HR concept crossover ( earlier post ). The new hybrid will be built at Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Turkey (TMMT) in Sakarya, Turkey, in what marks the first time a hybrid-powered vehicle will be produced in the country.

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Even More Character To Experience The Outdoors Differently With The New Limited Edition Of The “My Ami Buggy” Series From Citroen

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Following the dazzling success in 2022 of the online sale of 50 “My Ami Buggy Ultra-Limited Series” in France, Citroen now offers a new special edition of 1,000 units which will be available in ten countries: France including the French overseas departments, Italy, Spain, Belgium, Greece, Portugal, the United Kingdom, Luxembourg, Morocco and Turkey.

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Mercedes-Benz Vans shows pickup truck concepts; market launch in late 2017; diesel V6

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Mercedes-Benz Vans unveiled two design variants of the Concept X-CLASS, previewing the coming X-Class pickup, in Stockholm. Mercedes-Benz Concept X-CLASS stylish explorer (right) and Mercedes-Benz Concept X-CLASS powerful adventurer (left). in Turkey, and 0.8% Click to enlarge. Argentina comes close behind with 11.6%.

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JVs, acquisitions driving diversification at Remsons | Autocar Professional

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This year itself, it has announced two major joint ventures with Turkey-based Daiichi Infotainment System and Switzerland-based Aircom Group AG, while it bought a majority stake in Uni-Automation’s automotive sensor unit. Daichi is a Turkey-based company that offers cockpit electronics and infotainment systems.

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Swedish Energy Agency awards PowerCell $960K toward developing modular fuel cell range extender system for EVs

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The More Zero consortium consists of partners from four countries that have joined together in an ERA-NET project to develop a modular range extender concept that can be used in a variety of vehicles, based on the PowerCell’s fuel cell technology. Hexagon Studio, Turkey. Partners in the project are: IDIADA, Spain. Triphase, Belgium.

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BNEF: EV company fundings bright spot as clean energy investment slips in Q3 quarter; 3 China EV companies raise $1.9B

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We’re seeing more companies raising funds as they look to make the jump from concept cars to high-volume manufacturing. Turkey at $1.2 Colin McKerracher, head of advanced transport analysis at BNEF, said that there is a growing amount of money chasing China’s electric vehicle boom. —Colin McKerracher. South Africa at $2.6

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