HABAŞ Automotive General Manager Hüseyin Urkun announced that an investment of approximately 1 billion euros is planned for the production of commercial and passenger vehicles. Hüseyin Urkun stated that they will use the production facility of Honda, which HABAŞ has acquired, for the production of passenger cars and that they aim to produce two different models of sedan and crossover vehicles. These new tools It is offered to users in three different versions: hybrid, plug-in hybrid and petrol..
Hüseyin Urkun said during the IAA Transportation Fair that HABAŞ started R&D studies in İzmir Çiğli in early 2021 and that they have established a factory that will make mass production on an area of 100,000 square meters in Manisa. Hüseyin Urkun also stated that the factory will start mass production in early 2025 and that pre-production is currently taking place in the Çiğli Organized Industrial Zone in İzmir. With the acquisition of the Honda factory, important production processes such as cataphoresis lines have been carried out in this factory for some time now.
HABAŞ aims for the first car by the end of 2025
They will use Honda’s plant in Şekerpınar for car production by the end of 2025 Hüseyin Urkun stated that they will launch a new passenger car and stated that the designs of the vehicles to be produced were made within HABAŞ, that they used Volvo engines and that they would continue to cooperate with Renault on light commercial vehicles.
Hüseyin Urkun stated that the batteries for use in the vehicles were supplied as cells from the Far East and made some statements about the batteries.
How much will HABAŞ’s first car cost?
While it was stated that the total investments so far, including cars, have reached 250-300 million euros, it was underlined that with commercial vehicles this amount could reach 1 billion euros. While it is planned to increase the production capacity at the Honda plant to 75 thousand, it was emphasized that this capacity will increase further in the future. Answering the questions about the prices of the vehicles, Hüseyin Urkun said that they have started working on establishing a dealer network and They aim to enter the market at affordable prices. he said.
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