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Turkey President Gift UAE President A TOGG EV To Help Promote The Country’s Car Brand
Turkey President Erdogan gift UAE President Al Nahyan a TOGG EV to help promote the Country’s car brand.
The two leaders met last week in Abu Dhabi during the last leg of Erdogan’s three-nation Gulf tour.
Al Nahyan later test-drove the car through the streets of Abu Dhabi, with Erdogan in the front passenger seat.
Last week, Türkiye’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan met with United Arab Emirates (UAE) President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan in Abu Dhabi during his last leg of his three-nation Gulf tour.
Ahead of their talks, the Turkish president presented the country’s first domestically produced electric car, the Togg, to Al Nahyan, to help promote the car brand.
Erdogan with Qatar’s Emir
Video shared showed Al Nahyan test-driving the Togg Electric car through the streets of Abu Dhabi, with Erdogan in the front passenger seat.
During his three-nation Gulf tour, Erdogan also presented the Togg Electric car to Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman during his visit to Jeddah. He also gave Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim while on his visit to Doha.
Erdogan with Saudi Prince
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Erdoğan in April officially became the first owner of Türkiye’s first domestically produced Electric Vehicles (EV), three years after the president unveiled two prototypes of the vehicles.
Speaking at the unveiling ceremony of the SUV and sedan prototypes, Erdogan said :
“Today, we are witnessing a historic day of realising Turkey’s 60-year dream together.”
The Turkish government-backed project is expected to cost $3.7 billion over 13 years. This project will also employ 4,000 workers.
Turkish president had earlier vowed to deal with all efforts to stop it from producing its own car.
“They managed to hinder the production of Devrim (Turkey’s first homegrown car). But they will not be able to hinder (the production of) this automobile,”
“We do not have to buy a license or permission from anyone. We determine all the technical features by ourselves”
