Turkey started selling electric minibuses to Japan

After Europe and North America, the Turkish company Karsan has started exporting electric minibuses to Japan.

After Europe and North America, the Turkish company Karsan entered the Japanese market with E-JEST electric minibuses. This was reported by Ihlas news agency (IHA).

Okan Bash, head of the company, said: "No European brand has entered Japan in terms of electric public transport, and we will be the first." He added that 100 vehicles have been ordered in the first phase, and at the moment, the company is producing right-hand drive minibuses in accordance with Japanese requirements.

The 6-meter-long electric van can travel 210 km on a single charge and can be fully charged in 4 hours. The car is equipped with a 135 kW BMW electric motor.

Turkey's ambassador to Tokyo, Korkut Güngen, said he was very happy to see the Karsan brand in Japan and said, "Japan's automobile giant. At the initiative of our company, Karsan begins to sell his minibus to the automobile giant with serious efforts. This makes me proud, first of all, as a citizen of Turkey. "Of course, as ambassadors, we are very happy to support such an event.

According to Okan Bash, E-JEST is the leader in its segment in Europe for the third year in a row.