Turkey

Karsan set to more than double the number of e-buses operating in Romania in 2025

By Luke Willetts – 30th March 2025

Anadolu Automobil Romania (AAR) is the official distributor of Karsan vehicles in Romania. By the end of 2025, Karsan is expected to bring the total number of its electric buses in Romania to 525 units, up from 240 in 2023.

Turkey

Body & Cab Components

Investment

Happich’s Turkish production site gains IATF quality certification

By Jim Gibbins – 17th March 2025

The operation in Adana, extends to 2,250 square metres and operates nine assembly lines.

France

Battery Systems, Supercapacitors & Solar

Forsee Power to electrify Otokar’s e-TERRITO coaches

By Luke Willetts – 27th February 2025

These batteries will be ZEN LFP manufactured in Chasseneuil-du-Poitou in France and shipped to Turkey where the coach manufacturing is set to take place.

France

Battery Systems, Supercapacitors & Solar

Forsee Power adds Turkish trolleybus OEM to its list of clients

By Luke Willetts – 26th February 2025

Forsee is set to supply Turkey’s OEM Bozankaya 12 and 18-metre trolleybus models with its ZEN PLUS and PULSE 15 battery systems.

Austria

Achievement

Distribution & Aftermarket

Karsan breaks into the Austrian market

By Luke Willetts – 22nd February 2025

The Karsan Level 4 autonomous e-ATAK is set to start carrying passengers in Gothenburg between the Central Station and Liseberg Station in August 2025.

Bus & Coach

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Sweden

Autonomous Vehicles

Karsan e-Atak set to become the first autonomous e-bus in Sweden

By Luke Willetts – 21st January 2025

The Karsan Level 4 autonomous e-ATAK is set to start carrying passengers in Gothenburg between the Central Station and Liseberg Station in August 2025.

Turkey

Karsan to enter the intercity e-bus market in 2025?

By Luke Willetts – 30th December 2024

Güliz Şengör, Marketing Communications Manager at Karsan told T&BB: “We are planning to introduce our e-ATA Class II version to the market in 2025, derived from our existing 12-metre e-ATA Class I model.”

Distribution & Aftermarket

Euro Bus 2024: Karsan enters the UK and Ireland

By Luke Willetts – 2nd December 2024

The company is bringing its electric minibus (the 6-metre e-Jest) to British consumers through Horsham-based dealer, EVM UK Ltd.

USA

Karsan expands its presence in the USA

By Luke Willetts – 9th November 2024

Germany

Electric Drive

Exhibitions & Conferences

IAA Transportation 2024: Güriş Group presents electric axle developed with AVL

By Bradley Osborne – 1st November 2024

Germany

Manufacture

Exhibitions & Conferences

IAA Transportation 2024: Habas close to series bus production

By Luke Willetts – 19th October 2024

Truck & Van

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Ford Trucks eyes UK & Ireland markets from 2028

Strategy/Policy

Distribution & Aftermarket

Ford Trucks eyes UK & Ireland markets from 2028

By Jim Gibbins – 28th October 2024

At the IAA in Hanover Ford Trucks said that it was working on a right hand drive Euro VII diesel engine powered version of both the F-MAX and F-LINE truck models.

Turkey

Agreement

Distribution & Aftermarket

Ford Trucks adds dealer representative in Switzerland to complete distribution network in mainland Europe

By Jim Gibbins – 28th October 2024

The company’s distribution strategy had been to appoint a single distributor per country in mainland Europe responsible for sales, aftersales, spare parts and marketing.

Germany

Exhibitions & Conferences

IAA Transportation 2024: Ford teases F-Line E at the IAA

By Luke Willetts – 14th October 2024

The company introduced its F-Line E, an all-electric heavy-duty truck using a ZF electric drive system. Set to go into series production in 2025 at its Eskişehir Plant in Northeastern Turkey, the F-LINE series integrates several high-end safety technologies.

Turkey

Achievement

Manufacture

Otokar celebrates production milestones for Navigo and Atlas ranges

By Bradley Osborne – 12th October 2024

Turkey

Agreement

Distribution & Aftermarket

Magirus contracts Karba as firefighting vehicle distributor for Turkey and Northern Cyprus

By Bradley Osborne – 29th September 2024

Turkey

Wheels & Tyres

Product

Free Article

IAA Transportation 2024: T&BB talks to Matt Brest about Maxion Wheels’ new forged aluminium CV wheels ahead of Hanover show

By Bradley Osborne – 3rd September 2024

Trailer

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France

Manufacture

Exhibitions & Conferences

Turkish manufacturer Şahin Tanker makes first appearance at Solutrans 2023

By Bradley Osborne – 22nd December 2023

Şahin Tanker told T&BB that work is underway to build a new production facility in Konya, Turkey.

Turkey

Manufacture

Krone celebrates 10 years of production in Turkey

By Luke Willetts – 21st October 2023

Opened in September 2013, this facility has been servicing local demand and has been supplying 31 different countries in Europe, the Middle and Far East, Africa and South America for over a decade. Krone says that 63 per cent of the trailers produced at this factory are for export.

Turkey

Performance

Kässbohrer reports major sales growth in 2021 and invests in strengthening the business during the pandemic

By Jim Gibbins – 5th May 2022

Trailer builder, Kässbohrer, which sells its trailers predominantly in mainland Europe says its sales grew strongly in 2021 with sales in some segments and markets more than doubling.

USA

Manufacture

Sustainability

Goodyear opts to power European plants with renewable energy

By Will Hall – 27th September 2021

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company of Akron, Ohio, has announced that it will adopt 100% renewable energy at most of its plants across Europe and Turkey. This is the first stage of the company’s multi-phase plan to use exclusively renewable energy across all its facilities across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa by the end of 2022.