Dolubatarya, one of the popular electric car content producers in Turkey, and Toyota Türkiye were sued. The reason for the case is that Dolubatarya called Toyota a “liar” in a video.
“One of the most well-known content producers on electric cars in Turkey.”DolubataryaA “fight” broke out between ” and “ALJ Turkey”, the Turkish distributor of the Japanese automobile giant Toyota. According to the latest news. Toyota Türkiyehas filed a lawsuit against Dolubatarya. So what’s going on between the two?
Published by Dolubatarya on December 10, 2023 “Togg Raise and Latest Situation in Battery Factory | Toyota-BYD Joint Production SUV | Fast Charging #51YouTube video titled ” sparking tension It looks like it’s on point. The video, which reached around 70 thousand views, disturbed Toyota Turkey. So, what is said in that video?
In the video, it is stated that Toyota is “lying”
In the video shared by Dolubatarya, a topic that was on the agenda at that time was mentioned. the news is mentioned. The content of this news is about BYD, one of the world’s largest electric car manufacturers, producing batteries and electric motors for Toyota. While content producers were talking about this news, companies generally talked about electric cars. Because they couldn’t keep their promises They claim that they are lying. This is exactly the reason why the incident is in court.
Dolubatarya announced the tension with a post on December 11:
We will show everyone that automotive journalism in Turkey can be more than driving a test vehicle and sharing press releases!
Like many automobile journalists, we criticized #Toyota, which has been making news about solid state batteries for more than 10 years, for failing to meet its targets.
We are being blocked because we criticized Ali Haydar Bozkurt, CEO of ALJ Turkey, the distributor of Toyota and BYD, who talked about the same targets as if they were definitive information the other day.
The distributor company contacted us today to deliver the BYD Atto 3 test vehicle. However, he stated that he would not provide a vehicle after the criticism in the video. We will continue our work despite the distributor who ignored us by not inviting us to the vehicle launch and not even sending a press release.
Is it possible to be a reporter who cannot speak and write what he thinks is right?
Here is the document of the case filed against Dolubatarya
Dolubatarya team, who shared a post on X in the past hours, petition of complaint shared. When we look at the petition, we see that ALJ Turkey is complaining about Dolubatarya for the accusation of “liar”.
The platform’s description is as follows:
A criminal complaint was filed against us because we criticized #Toyota, which was late in the electric vehicle transformation, and its statements denying itself about the solid state battery for 10 years.
We have been trying to do journalism in this medium for four years, trying to tell the truth about electric vehicles and batteries together with their sources. Toyota Turkey claims that we have caused harm to it due to this publication policy that goes against its hybrid-focused sales strategy.
From here, we would like to tell the company that we will not hesitate to prove what we said about the solid state battery, if necessary, before the court, with the manufacturer’s statements and shares.
Hodri challenge! You claim that in 2026 you will have a 50% cheaper car that can travel 1,100 km and charge in 15 minutes. Prove it, present the evidence, let’s discuss. Know that you cannot defeat us with these minor complaints!
We will not compromise on accurate journalism just because someone will sell the vehicles they have!
You can watch the full video of Dolubatarya facing Toyota below:
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