ASELSAN and Karsan have agreed to jointly produce the award-winning electric minibus e-JEST. The critical parts of the vehicle will be national parts to be provided by ASELSAN.
The leading name in minibuses in Turkey and Europe Karsanhas signed an important partnership today. The fully electric e-JEST minibus model, introduced in 2018 and meeting the roads in 2019, of ASELSAN will get local parts.
The change to be made in the existing e-JEST parts within the scope of the cooperation will be very large-scale. e-JEST will host the domestic electric traction system produced by ASELSAN.
Domestic production battery minibus Karsan e-JEST
The vehicle is produced by ASELSAN with its new electric traction system. Battery with 65 kWh capacityIt will have a 70 kW electric motor, motor driver, vehicle control computer, driver display panel and charge control unit.
vehicle battery, ASPİLSAN Energy will be produced by According to the first information, the battery will be charged in about an hour with the ASELSAN fast charging infrastructure.
Karsan CEO Okan Baş: “I believe it will set a precedent for similar collaborations.”
“As KARSAN, we lead the technologies of the future with all our projects and collaborations, and shape our solutions in the field of public transportation with this perspective. We represent our country by serving with our 100 percent electric vehicles in different countries of Europe. Now we are the leader of the electric minibus market in Europe for two consecutive years. “We are producing the new version of our KARSAN e-JEST model, which is equipped with the ASELSAN traction system. We are extremely proud to have accomplished such an exemplary work in terms of modern transportation transformation in Turkey. I believe this step will set a precedent for similar collaborations.”
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https://dogankabak.com.tr/2022/11/aselsan-ve-karsandan-yerli-electricity-minibus/