President Erdoğan: We Reduced SCT to 10% in TOGG

While the curious wait for Turkey’s first domestic electric car continued, important statements came from President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Participating in the Great Economies Forum on energy and climate, Erdoğan said that TOGG’s by the end of this year announced that it will be taken off the production line and put into service.

In addition, Erdogan also spoke about the latest SCT regulation. With the new regulation that came into force in the past weeks, SCT, For vehicles not exceeding 160 kW and with a base of less than 700 thousand TL While withdrawing to 10%, Erdogan said about this arrangement “We reduced the SCT in the domestic vehicle TOGG up to 10 percent.” he said.

From President Erdogan to journalist: Don’t ask for prices

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While there is still no explanation about the price, which is the biggest curiosity of TOGG, there was an interesting moment during Erdogan’s statement. As the journalists prepared to ask questions, Erdogan said:Don’t ask the price, don’t ask the price.” he came out with a slightly harsh language.

He also made statements against climate change:

President Erdoğan also touched upon climate change and environmental problems in his speech. It is stated that these issues are the common issues of humanity and that the answers to be given should be the product of global solidarity. stressed. He also announced that they will announce the long-term climate strategy and action plan, which will constitute Turkey’s roadmap, at the end of this year.

“We are resolutely continuing our green hydrogen efforts”

“With the awareness of the importance of technology and groundbreaking research and development, we carry out our green growth technology roadmap studies. We also continue our green hydrogen efforts with determination. Financing and technology transfer stand out as the key topics of this process. The greatest responsibility in this regard, of course, falls on the countries that have had a role in bringing the problem to this point for centuries.”

54% of Turkey’s installed electricity power is from renewable energy plants:

“As Turkey, we have been taking a position with this understanding for a long time. In this way, we have made up 54 percent of our installed electrical power in renewable energy plants. 97 percent of the power plants with 3.5 gigawatt capacity we built in 2021 are renewable energy power plants.”