The global wave of change in the automotive sector has accelerated the transition to electric vehicles. All automakers have begun to turn their production routes to electric vehicles. The players of the automotive sector, the locomotive of our exports, continue to work towards this trend. The fact that our domestic car is preparing to go to the market electrically adds dynamism and excitement to the sector.
On the other hand, there has been a movement on charging infrastructure. Kros Otomotiv, one of Turkey's leading automotive companies, has joined Zebra Elektronik, known for its Voltrun charging stations brand, as a strategic partner and investor.
Zebra Electronics General Manager Berkay Somalı; "Our company, which has been working as a charging operator with the Voltrun brand as well as R&D and production activities in the field of electric vehicle charging technologies for about 10 years, has partnered with Kros Otomotiv in order to maintain its rapid growth at home and abroad in parallel with the development of the sector." Explaining that they will be able to respond to the demands from all world markets by increasing their charging station production capabilities with Kros Otomotiv and its subsidiary Renkler Makina, one of the most established companies in the automotive sector in our country, Berkay Somalı said, "We think that this strategic partnership is an important step in terms of catching up with the technology transformation in the global automotive industry beyond the value it will add to our companies."
Emphasizing the importance that automobile manufacturers attach to e-mobility, Cross Country Automotive General Manager and Board Member Hikmet Demir said, "Developments in the field of electric mobility have become the number one priority of all companies we are producing. We, as Kros Otomotiv group companies, wanted to take part in this change process. With this partnership with Zebra Electronics, we are growing our family and we are putting our hands under the stone to support domestic technologies in electric vehicles."
Zebra Electronics Inc., It has been developing and selling domestic electric vehicle charging solutions since 2011. In addition, Zebra has established a charging station network under the brand name VOLTRUN (voltrun.com) and delivers its hardware and software developed entirely by Turkish engineers to its customers at home and abroad. The company, which provides charging station hardware and station operation software for everyone from individual users to apartment management, from entrepreneurs to energy giants, offers end-to-end charging solutions with operator activities.
Kros Automotive, which has its roots dating back to 1990, produces fluid transmission systems for OEM customers, especially the Volkswagen group, in the automotive sector. The company, which operates in a 12,500 m2 production facility in Kütahya and exports almost all of its production, also has a logistics center in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. Renkler Makina, which operates in the field of metal cutting and forming in its production and logistics facilities of 21,000 m2 in total in İzmir and Manisa, and provides products and services to the electromechanical, heating systems, white goods, automotive and telecommunication sectors, is also included in the Kros Otomotiv group companies.