TEMSA grew at a record level in 2021!

TEMSA, one of Turkey’s most established automotive companies, closed 2021 with successful financial growth. The company increased its sales by 90 percent and its exports by 144 percent in the last year. The total number of sales in all products increased by 122% compared to the previous year. TEMSA, which made the first electric bus sales in its history to Sweden, also sold 50 electric buses abroad in 2021. Here are the details…

TEMSA grew despite the pandemic

Continuing its activities in partnership with PPF Group, which is also a shareholder of Sabancı Holding and Skoda Transportation since the end of 2020, TEMSA completed its first year under the new partnership structure with great success. The company achieved great success despite the pandemic conditions that swept the world. Sharing the details of the reports, the CEO of the company, Tolga Kaan Doğancıoğlu, said:

We have sold approximately 2000 vehicles in the bus, midibus and light truck segments. One of the biggest achievements of 2021 for us has been to consolidate our strong position in exports. In this field, we increased our exports by 144 percent on a unit basis, thanks to our innovative products and our strengthened dealer network, and we sold vehicles to 18 different countries. TEMSA’s total sales increased by 122% compared to the previous year.

Adding that 2021 has passed into TEMSA’s history, especially with the developments in electric vehicles, Tolga Kaan Doğancıoğlu said, “We received the first fruit of TEMSA’s long-standing electric vehicle journey last year, and we delivered the first electric vehicle in TEMSA’s history to Sweden last year.

On the other hand, we produced our first electric vehicles bearing the logos of our sister company Skoda at our factory in Adana and delivered them to Prague. Again, with the agreements we made with Romania, Serbia, Buzau, Arad, Druskininkai, TEMSA’s electric vehicles will be on the roads in these countries as well.

In addition, our electric vehicle, which we designed for intercity travel, continues its pilot applications in the US state of California, Silicon Valley, which is home to world technology giants. While doing these abroad, we have signed with Samsun Metropolitan Municipality for the first 100% domestic electric bus of Turkey, which we developed together with ASELSAN, to hit the roads.

Sharing his goals for 2022 and beyond, Tolga Kaan Doğancıoğlu stated that successes in the field of sustainability and technology will be decisive in the future of companies. Expressing that electric vehicles are the most important indicator of TEMSA’s sustainability and technology vision, Tolga Kaan Doğancıoğlu said: “There are several factors at the heart of our vision for electric vehicles. said.

We have a responsibility towards the environment

Sharing his goals for 2022 and beyond, Tolga Kaan Doğancıoğlu stated that successes in the field of sustainability and technology will be decisive in the future of companies. Expressing that electric vehicles are the most important indicator of TEMSA’s sustainability and technology vision, Tolga Kaan Doğancıoğlu said: “There are several factors at the heart of our vision for electric vehicles.

The first is our responsibility towards the environment. According to the research of the International Energy Agency, the transportation sector provides 24 percent of global fuel-related emissions. 75 percent of this is due to land vehicles. Public transportation vehicles naturally reduce emissions. And when we put electricity and hydrogen on it, it creates a multiplier effect.

The 9-meter city bus removes an average of 60 vehicles from traffic. Or, a 12-18 meter municipal bus can remove 90 to 120 cars from traffic. For example; just one of our Avenue Electron vehicles can save up to 528,000 liters of fuel per year. This means stopping about 1,400 tons of CO2 emissions.

Emphasizing that TEMSA is also a pioneer in value-added exports in its sector with its technological products, Tolga Kaan Doğancıoğlu said, “The kilogram unit value of our country’s exports in 2021 is approximately 1.3 dollars. This is around $10-11 in our industry. When we look at TEMSA’s exports, while this figure is around 20 dollars for conventional vehicles, it even exceeds 30 dollars for electric vehicles.

In other words, TEMSA makes a very important contribution to our country’s exports today. The spread of electric vehicles will seriously reinforce this contribution. Our biggest advantage here is that we have not completed the transformation of TEMSA into an automotive-focused technology company.

TEMSA, which dedicates approximately 4% of its turnover to R&D every year, has adopted innovation as a corporate culture, has reached the ability to develop even its own battery packs with the TEMSATech structuring in Adana, and is developing its technology day by day, will continue to operate in all areas in which it operates in the coming period. will continue to lead the sector”.

Tolga Kaan Doğancıoğlu stated that there is a need for a total mobilization regarding electric vehicles in our country and said, “We are ready for this with our technology, infrastructure and human resources. Turkish industry, Turkish automotive industry is ready for this. We have a great opportunity right now. Considering both economic and environmental gains, electric vehicles are one of the subjects that will shed light on the economic development of our country.

The initial investment cost of electric vehicles is slightly higher than conventional vehicles. However, we all know that they are much more economical than diesel vehicles in 5-6 years of use. The use of electric buses in public transportation will increase rapidly if there is an incentive system or financial support that can overcome the difficulty in the initial investment cost and overcome the financing difficulties of local governments. He used his expressions.

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