While the work continues at full speed for the domestic car TOGG to hit the roads, new steps are being taken for charging stations, which is the most important requirement for electric vehicles to become widespread.
In his speech in March, President Erdoğan said:Taking into account the developments in the production and use of electric cars, especially our domestic car Togg, we are taking new steps to expand high-speed charging stations.” he had used.
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1 billion lira investment in electric vehicle charging stations
Initiated by the Ministry of Industry and Technology to establish the charging infrastructure in our country Fast Charging Stations Support Program for Electric VehiclesThe results have been announced.
The Ministry of Industry and Technology, which evaluated the applications of more than 200 investors, A total of 355 project applications were made for 46 investment subjects.
As a result of the evaluation made with the competition approach according to the lowest support request, 20 companies were entitled to benefit from the supports.
Approximately 150 million liras of support will be provided for these investments and approximately 1 billion liras of private sector investment will be triggered. Within the framework of the program, investors must install charging stations until April 15, 2023. However, the expectation of the sector is that the investments will be completed much faster.
With the program, it is aimed to bring more than 180 MW of installed power to the sector with 1572 stations that will offer a minimum of 90 kWh fast charging. Thus, Turkey is expected to be one of the countries that increase its fast charging capacity the fastest.