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Erdogan Rolls Out First Turkish EV Ahead of Elections
- Togg SUV arrives amid soaring inflation, falling lira
- Turkey to build lithium ion battery factory, Erdogan says
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Turkey rolled out its first domestically-produced electric vehicle at a ceremony on Saturday as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan seeks to highlight economic successes ahead of elections next year.
“Turkey’s domestic car, Togg, will hit the roads of Europe with all of its models,” Erdogan said after driving the first vehicle to leave the production line. “They will say ‘crazy Turks’ are coming,” he added. Turkey has inked a deal with one of the world’s most prominent companies to build a lithium ion battery factory near Togg’s production site in Bursa, Erdogan said. He did not name the company.