Energy Market Regulatory Authority

Türkiye's first domestic electric vehicle producer Togg has delivered a total of 49,676 cars to date.

In 2023, the company sold 19,583 units of its T10X model.

Togg's sales surged 53.6 percent in 2024 compared to the previous year and reached 30,093 units.

In December, the EV company delivered 5,732 cars.

Türkiye currently ranks first in Europe in terms of socket power and the number of fast (DC) sockets per electric vehicle, according to Mustafa Yılmaz, president of the Energy Market Regulatory Authority (EPDK).

Togg was once again the best-selling electric vehicle (EV) brand in the Turkish market in November, well ahead of its foreign competitors in sales, such as Tesla, BMW and Mercedes.

Local EV maker Togg sold 4,211 cars last month, when the EV market in the country expanded by 20.8 percent year-on-year to 13,544. Togg's share in total EV sales was 32 percent.

Türkiye's natural gas imports declined by 7.64 percent in 2023 from the previous year, data from the Energy Market Regulatory Authority (EPDK) has shown.

Last year Türkiye bought 50.48 billion cubic meters of natural gas with Russia being the largest supplier. Russia's share in the country's natural gas import was 42.27 percent, said EPDK.

Leading the sector with 500,000 recharges last year, Eşarj has reached 1 million total recharges with the increase in electric vehicle usage, the company has said in a statement.

Founded in 2008, Eşarj, a subsidiary of Enerjisa Enerji, the first EV charging station provider in Türkiye, exceeded 1,000 charging stations nationwide, including 850 DC fast charging stations.

Türkiye imported a total of 50.48 billion cubic meters (bcm) of natural gas last year, down 7.64 percent from 2022, according to the data from the Energy Market Regulatory Authority (EPDK).

Türkiye turned out to be Russia's most reliable partner in the gas sector after Germany's partial refusal to import Russian gas, Russian President Vladimir Putin has said in an interview with Rossiya-1 TV channel's Pavel Zarubin, published on the journalist's Telegram channel, TASS reported on Feb. 18.

Officials from Petroleum Pipeline Company BOTAŞ recently held meetings with representatives from Turkmenistan to discuss the delivery of Turkmen natural gas to Türkiye and other cooperation opportunities.

Türkiye's electric vehicle market is expanding very fast that leads to a stiff competition among companies operating charging stations at a time when consumers are becoming more environmentally conscious.

Consumers want the energy which powers their electric vehicles to be produced with clean resources such as wind and solar.

The implementation of the Turkish gas hub project may start in 2024, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak has said.