The leading name in minibuses in Turkey and Europe karsantoday signed an important partnership. The all-electric minibus model e-JEST, introduced in 2018 and ready for the roads in 2019, from ASELSAN gets local parts.

The change to be made to the existing e-JEST components as part of the cooperation will be very large-scale. e-JEST will host the household electric traction system produced by ASELSAN.

Domestic Production Battery Minibus Karsan e-JEST

The vehicle is produced by ASELSAN with its new electric traction system. Battery with 65 kWh capacityIt will have a 70 kW electric motor, engine driver, vehicle control computer, driver display and charge control unit.

vehicle battery, ASPİLSAN Energy will be produced by According to the first information, the battery will be charged in about an hour with the ASELSAN fast charging infrastructure.

Karsan CEO Okan Bas: “I think it will set a precedent for similar collaborations.”

“As KARSAN, we lead the technologies of the future with all our projects and collaborations, and shape our public transport solutions with this perspective. We represent our country by deploying our 100 percent electric vehicles in different countries of Europe. Now we have been the leader in the electric minibus market in Europe for two years in a row.”We are producing the new version of our KARSAN e-JEST model, which is equipped with the ASELSAN traction system. We are extremely proud to have such an exemplary work in the field of modern transport transformation in Turkey. I believe this move will set a precedent for similar collaborations.”