Türkiye’s Automobile Joint Venture Group (Togg) CEO Mehmet Gürcan Karakaş was captured on video during a test drive of the company’s domestically made vehicle on the North Marmara Highway at night, Anadolu Agency (AA) reported. The footage, obtained during the test drive, showed Karakaş driving the prototype vehicle, at a speed of about 100 kph (62.14 mph).
Seen as the country’s “second automobile revolution” and revived by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Togg was officially established on June 25, 2018. A former executive at tech giant Bosch, Karakaş was appointed Togg’s chief executive officer on Sept. 1, 2018. Erdoğan, on Dec. 27, 2019, unveiled prototypes for a sport utility vehicle (SUV) and a sedan, both fully electric and C-segment models. A consortium of five major companies, Togg will produce five different models – an SUV, sedan, C-hatchback, B-SUV and B-MPV – through 2030.