Over one million electric vehicles are anticipated to be on Turkey’s roads by 2030, according to Turkey’s Energy and Natural Resources Minister Fatih Donmez on Thursday.
ELECTRIC CARS ARE EXPECTED TO BE ABLE TO CHARGE IN 15 MINUTES
“By 2022 or 2023, we hope to see our own indigenous automobile on the roads,” Donmez told Anadolu Agency’s Editors’ Desk. “After the country launched its first indigenous and all-electric automobile prototype, the energy ministry plans to assess the impact of one million charge points on the country’s electricity distribution network,” Donmez said.
“These points should be able to charge a car in nearly 15-25 minutes, depending on the car battery’s capacity and features, which means there needs to be a capacity of 50-100 kilowatt-hours in the grid,” he explained.
Therefore, fast-charging units located in the selected areas need to have sufficient power supply to cope with this electricity requirement. “TOGG’s expectation from us [energy ministry] is to include not only the big cities in Turkey but also other smaller cities in Anatolia where there is great interest,” Donmez declared.