Electric Vehicle Market and Charging Infrastructure is Growing in Türkiye

The electric vehicle (EV) market in Türkiye continues to grow. The total number of electric vehicles, which was 373 thousand at the end of 2025, increased by more than 91 thousand in the first seven months of 2026, reaching 465 thousand. With this increase, the electric vehicle park in traffic expanded by approximately 25 percent.

Ali Çelebi, Business Development and Strategy Director of charging network operator Voltgo, evaluated the latest data in the sector. Çelebi stated that the use of electric vehicles in daily transportation has become widespread; He stated that operating costs, battery technologies and accessible charging opportunities directly affect demand.

THE NUMBER OF CHARGING SOCKETS HAS REACHED 47 THOUSAND

Stating that according to EMRA data, as of July 2026, there are a total of 47 thousand charging sockets across Turkey, approximately 20 thousand of which are DC (fast) and 26 thousand of which are AC, Çelebi said that the focus should shift from quantity to quality. Addressing users' expectations for access to charging points and reliability, Çelebi stated that it would be more efficient to make location optimization in accordance with the infrastructure capacity on highways instead of installing high-power devices at every point.

DEVELOPMENT OF THE ECOSYSTEM AND PRODUCTION GOALS

Noting that Togg's entry into the market played a role in the simultaneous progress of vehicle, software and infrastructure processes, Çelebi gave the following information about his targets in the domestic production leg:

"We increased our production capacity from 110 units to 250 units in 2025. We plan to increase this number to 400 devices by the end of 2026. We continue our work with a total growth target of 250 percent in the next two years."