Electric Car

'Fulfillment of a 60-year dream': Türkiye rolls out first electric car TOGG

The opening ceremony for the production facility of Türkiye's first home-grown electric car was the culmination of a day celebrating the 99th anniversary of the establishment of the Republic.

'A game changer’: Türkiye inaugurates its first national car plant

The plant will oversee the mass roll out of the country’s first domestically-produced and much-anticipated car, TOGG.

President Erdogan test-drives Türkiye's domestically produced car

The vehicle, named TOGG, is planned to be on Türkiye's roads in 1st quarter of next year, said President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Turkish electric car receives international design award

TOGG becomes the first Turkish brand to receive iF Design Award for C-SUV model.

Volkswagen says statement on name change to Voltswagen was April Fool joke

"Volkswagen of America will not be changing its name to Voltswagen, the renaming was designed to be an announcement in the spirit of April Fool’s Day, highlighting the launch of the all-electric car," the company's US spokesperson says.

Electric car use in Turkey rises by 150 percent

The number of electric and hybrid cars on Turkish roads rose by 150 percent over the last year, according to the country’s statistical institute.

Macron wants France to be Europe's top clean car producer

French car plants are only just starting to rev up production after the coronavirus lockdown, which hit the auto sector badly,

Tesla compromises Germany's environmentalist credentials

Environmental activists are up against Tesla and the law as they try and stop the march of capitalism on their environment.

Britain to ban new petrol and hybrid cars from 2035

The step amounts to a victory for electric cars that if copied globally could hit the wealth of oil producers, as well as transform the car industry and one of the icons of 20th Century capitalism: the automobile itself.

Hyundai and Kia bet on London start-up for electric cars

The $110 million bet on the five-year-old technology firm comes as some manufacturers abandon Britain because of uncertainties about how it will trade with EU nations once it leaves the bloc this month.

Musk nears $346 million payday as Tesla market value soars

Musk has transformed Tesla from a niche car maker with production problems into the global leader in electric vehicles, with US and Chinese factories

Turkey's Cavusoglu warns against 'Syria-like' crisis in Libya

"If today Libya becomes like Syria, then the turn will come for the other countries in the region," Turkey's Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu cautions in governing AK Party's consultation meeting.