The infrastructure works announced by the Department of Energy since early 2022, the impending departure of Togg and the agreement of Elon Musk’s Tesla company with Turkey have greatly boosted the electric car sector in the country.

According to the data from the Automotive Distributors Association, the number of electric cars sold in Turkey is the total in the first three quarters of 2022 (between January and September). It managed to increase 3 times.

Electric car sales in Turkey increased 3 times to 3,283

While sales of diesel and petrol cars, whose prices have plummeted due to reasons such as inflation and high exchange rates in Turkey, sales of electric vehicles increased about threefold. It rose to 3,283. In the same period last year, this number was 1,196.

Of course, the declining sales of petrol and diesel vehicles does not mean that sales of electric vehicles are outpacing them. Still first in the sale Gasoline vehicles are next with 250,401 units.Diesel vehicles are in second place with 60,316 units. Compared to the 2021 sales figures, it can be seen that there is a decrease in sales of this type of vehicle.

With the investments and infrastructure works, the consumer can interest in electric cars seems to increase in proportion. What do you think? Please don’t forget to share your thoughts with us in the comments.