Togg Tops EV Sales in Türkiye, Surpassing Tesla and BYD

Türkiye’s electric vehicle (EV) brand Togg emerged as the top seller in the Turkish auto market from January to November, with 31,715 units sold, surpassing both Tesla (29,955) and BYD (17,639), according to new data.

Overall car sales in Türkiye increased by 10.96% year-on-year during the first 11 months of 2023, reaching 938,177 units, The Caspian Post reports, citing Turkish media.

Light commercial vehicle sales also saw growth, rising 7.13% to 238,603 units, as reported by the Automotive Distributors’ and Mobility Association (ODMD).

Sales of gasoline-powered cars dropped 15.5%, totaling 442,650 units, while hybrid car sales surged by 71.3%, reaching 251,992 units. Diesel car sales declined by 18.8% to 69,740 units, and LPG-powered car sales rose 33.9%, totaling 7,399 units.

EV sales, including extended-range models, soared by 111.4%, hitting 166,665 units and securing a market share of 17.8% in Türkiye.

While Tesla continued its presence with Model Y, and BYD brought a total of seven fully electric models into the country, Türkiye’s Togg topped EV sales with its T10X and T10F models.

The EV brands in the top three - namely Togg, Tesla, and BYD - accounted for 47.5% of the electric car market. Togg alone made up around 20% of the EV market in the same period.

Togg in particular topped the Turkish EV market in November, selling 4,235 total units, followed by Tesla with 2,535, BYD with 1,833, KG Mobility with 1,209, and Volvo with 1,189.

In the first 11 months of the year, the share of gasoline-powered cars in Turkish auto sales fell from 62% to 47.2%, and diesel cars from 10.1% to 7.4%, while LPG-powered cars remained at a 0.8% market share.

During the same period, fully electric cars’ share rose from 9.2% to 17.6% and hybrids from 17.4% to 26.9%.

Fully electric, extended-range electric, and hybrid cars accounted for 44.7% of the total Turkish auto market, with sales totaling 418,657 units.

Plug-in hybrids made up 4.6% of the market with 42,857 units sold in January-November, a surge of 658.9% compared to the same period last year.

BYD Seal U was the best-selling hybrid with 23,131 units, followed by Toyota C-HR with 22,181 units, Nissan Qashqai with 17,575 units, Peugeot 3008 with 14,157 units, and Toyota Corolla Cross with 11,072 units, the data showed.