Turkey: Erdogan unveils prototypes of first Turkish electric vehicles

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SOT, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkish President (Turkish): "We are producing Turkey's car electrically, reaching directly to the technology of the future, not the past or present. Design, battery, charging stations - with this car project we prepare our country for the world of the future. There are very few countries in the world that can do that. Turkey enters the electric car market from the very beginning, taking not one but a few steps ahead of everyone else. We don't just make this car for your own needs. We're looking at a global brand, starting from nearby markets like Europe. We will have reached our goal on the day we see this car on the roads all over the world."
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W/S Presentation of the electric vehicles
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan presented the prototypes of Turkey's first domestic electric automobile, in Gebze, close to Istanbul on Friday.
"Turkey enters the electric car market from the very beginning, taking not one but a few steps ahead of everyone else. We don't just make this car for your own needs. We're looking at a global brand, starting from nearby markets like Europe. We will have reached our goal on the day we see this car on the roads all over the world," said Erdogan, addressing the attendees.
The vehicles were conceived by the Automobile Joint Venture Group Inc., which was founded with the backing of Turkey's Ministry of Industry and Technology.
The cars will be mass produced as of 2022, reports suggest.