Automotive Ekports February 2024

Minister urges Chinese carmaker
Chery to invest in Türkiye
Industry and Technology Minister Fatih Kacır has called
on Chinese carmaker Chery to invest in Türkiye.
He visited the production facilities of Chery, China’s
largest automotive exporter since 2012, Kacır wrote on
X, formerly Twitter, on Dec. 21.
“I invited the brand, which produced 250,000 vehicles,
to invest in our country. We will continue to work to
make Türkiye an electric vehicle production base.”
During his visit to the Anhui province, one of the
production centers of the automotive industry in China,
he discussed with local authorities the opportunities
that Türkiye has to offer to investors, Kacır said.
Türkiye’s electric vehicle (EV) market is growing fast,
and Chinese companies are increasing their share in
car sales.
The number of passenger cars imported from China
exceeded 51,000 in the January-November period,
capturing a 6 percent share in the Turkish market,
according to the Automotive Distributors and Mobility
Association (ODMD).
Most of those vehicles (35,000) are gasoline-powered
vehicles of the Chinese brand Chery, whereas 15,000
EVs were imported from China.
Kacır also met with Chinese counterparts, Science
and Technology Minister Yin Hejun and Industry and
Information Technologies Minister Jin Zhuanglong,
in Beijing, the Turkish Industry Ministry said in a
statement.
They discussed bilateral cooperation, especially
electric vehicles and battery investments, according to
the statement.
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