Karsan, which offers modern public transportation solutions suitable for the mobility needs of the age, continues to be a role model in the transportation of world cities with its product range. The company, which stands out with its public transportation vehicles, will be on the roads in Japan as a result of its cooperation with Altech in April 2023, after the European and North American markets.
Karsan, Japan’s first European brand
Karsan stepped into the Far East market, especially Japan, by organizing the launch of the right-hand drive electric minibus model of e-JEST, the leader of its segment in the European market for the last 3 years, hosted by Turkey’s Tokyo Embassy. Karsan entered the Japanese market and also became Japan’s first European electric bus brand.
Turkey’s Tokyo Ambassador Korkut Güngen expressed his great pleasure to see the Karsan brand in Japan and said:
“Japan is an automotive giant. With the initiative of our company, Karsan will start selling its minibus to an automotive giant with serious efforts. This makes me proud, first of all, as a Turkish citizen. Of course, as ambassadors, it makes us very happy to support such an event..”
Domestic electric minibus Karsan Jest Electric – vLog
We used the electric minibus Karsan Jest Electric, developed by Karsan together with BMW. Here is the technological minibus Karsan Jest Electric, which runs entirely on electricity!
Okan Baş pointed out that they have a good distributor in Japan and said:
“People in Japan approach these issues more cautiously. But they also have great confidence in this vehicle of ours, E-JEST. e-JEST has become the leader of its segment in Europe for 3 consecutive years. It makes us proud that a Turkish automotive brand is launching in Japan and is the first European brand to be promoted in the bus world. “We are very excited as a team.”
Karsan e-JEST features with BMW electrical infrastructure
Karsan e-JESt has a length of 6 meters. Having a compact size despite its passenger capacity of 22 people, e-JEST gets its power from BMW’s 135 kW electric motor. Karsan electric minibus, which has a range of up to 210 kilometers with its 88 kWh battery capacity, can be charged in 1 hour with fast charging and in 4 hours with home type night charging.
Thanks to the regenerative braking system that provides energy recovery, the batteries can charge themselves at a rate of 25 percent. The right-hand drive version of Karsan e-JEST, which is equipped with a 10.1-inch touch screen with vehicle control systems, a fully digital instrument panel, USB ports and provides Wi-Fi compatible infrastructure upon request, provides passenger car comfort for its passengers with its 4-wheel independent suspension system. offers.