Togg CEO test drives prototype on Turkish highway
A Togg SUV prototype is seen at a shopping mall in Istanbul, Türkiye, in this undated file photo. (IHA File Photo)


Türkiye’s Automobile Joint Venture Group (Togg) CEO Mehmet Gürcan Karakaş was captured on video during a test drive of the company's domestically-made vehicle on the North Marmara Highway at night, Anadolu Agency (AA) reported Friday.

The footage, obtained during the test drive, showed Karakaş driving the prototype vehicle, at a speed of about 100 kph (62.14 mph).

Seen as the country’s "second automobile revolution" and revived by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Togg was officially established on June 25, 2018.

A former executive at tech giant Bosch, Karakaş was appointed Togg’s chief executive officer on Sept. 1, 2018.

Erdoğan, on Dec. 27, 2019, unveiled prototypes for a sport utility vehicle (SUV) and a sedan, both fully electric and C-segment models.

A consortium of five major companies, Togg will produce five different models – an SUV, sedan, C-hatchback, B-SUV and B-MPV – through 2030.