Another Award for the Karsan Autonomous e-ATAK’s ‘Excellent Product Design
Karsan, which rolled up its sleeves to play a leading role in electrifying North America’s transport infrastructure after Europe, continues to receive worldwide awards for the high-tech products it has developed. In this sense, the Karsan Autonomous e-ATAK has crowned its “Excellent Product Design” with an award granted by the German Design Council. Stating that the Autonomous e-ATAK has achieved the firsts in the public transport sector, Karsan CEO Okan Baş said, “The Autonomous e-ATAK we developed with our high-tech innovative production capability, was recently awarded as the most popular model in the Digital Enhanced Driving category at the Busworld Digital Awards. Germans have appreciated the design of our vehicle, too. We are also proud to have received the ‘Excellent Product Design‘ award from the German Design Council, a founding member of the World Design Organization. Global awards like this encourage us to do better.”
Maintaining its efforts with the vision of being one step ahead in the future of mobility, Karsan constantly receives praise from the authorities, owing to the best models of their classes, which it has developed. Karsan, which consistently renews the transport infrastructure in Europe with its high-tech production power and innovative working approach and has determined North America as its new target market, continues to win awards through its design capacity. In this regard, the success of the Karsan Autonomous e-ATAK was crowned with the “Excellent Product Design” award by the German Design Council, the country’s leading authority for design and brand.
Germans also appreciate our design capability!
Stating that the Autonomous e-ATAK has achieved the firsts in the public transport sector, Karsan CEO Okan Baş said, “The Autonomous e-ATAK we developed with our high-tech innovative production capability, was recently awarded as the most popular model in the Digital Enhanced Driving category at the Busworld Digital Awards. Germans have appreciated the design of our vehicle, too. We are also proud to have received the ‘Excellent Product Design‘ award from the German Design Council, a founding member of the World Design Organization. Global awards like this encourage us to do better.”
The world’s first serial-produced Level 4 automated bus!
Underlining that the Karsan Autonomous e-ATAK is the world’s first serial-produced Level 4 automated bus, Okan Baş said, “Our vehicle, which we developed with our business partner ADASTEC, has continuously carried passengers in Stavanger, Norway since 2022. Providing service as a vehicle suitable for public transport with its all security features, Autonomous e-ATAK positions us in front of our competitors. So far, we have carried over 20 thousand passengers with the Autonomous e-ATAK. We have achieved 50 thousand kilometers of autonomous driving experience in 1.5 years by launching six different autonomous projects in the United States, Norway, France, Romania, and Turkey. This experience and knowledge will propel us to the next level in the autonomous vehicle market.”
About Karsan:
Karsan, leaving 57 years behind in the Turkish automotive industry, has been manufacturing commercial vehicles for the world’s leading brands and its own brand at modern facilities since its foundation. Karsan has been producing commercial vehicles since 1981, and its factory in Bursa Hasanağa has the capacity to produce about twenty thousand vehicles per year in a single shift. Hasanağa Factory, designed with the flexibility to produce all types of vehicles from passenger cars to heavy trucks, from minivans to buses, is 30 km away from Bursa city center and is located on an area of 203 thousand square meters total, 99 thousand square meters of which is indoors.
Positioned as the only independent multi-brand vehicle manufacturer in Türkiye for more than 56 years in the automotive industry, Karsan aims to develop derivative versions of the new and existing vehicles in order to extend its presence to all segments of passenger transportation, in accordance with its vision of being one step ahead in the future of mobility. Continuing its efforts to develop “innovative products and services”, “from idea to market” in the public transportation segment, Karsan primarily aims to strengthen its Main Manufacturer/OEM business line.
Karsan manages the entire automotive value chain, from R&D to production, from marketing to sales and after-sales activities. Karsan produces JEST and ATAK models under its own brand. In addition, Karsan produces and sales 100% electric buses e-JEST and e-ATAK models within the framework of the cooperation with the global giant BMW. Karsan also produces 10-12-18 meter sized 100% electric e-ATA buses, and the 12 meter e-ATA Hydrogen. With the technology company ADASTEC, Karsan produces Level 4 driverless bus Autonomous e-ATAK model, which is the first driverless bus carrying passengers across Europe and America. Karsan also manufactures 10-12-18 meter buses for Menarinibus. As of 2022, Karsan has started production of Megane Sedan automobiles for the Renault brand. In addition to vehicle production, Karsan also provides industrial services at its factory located in the Organized Industrial Zone.
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