Karel Kalıp, one of Türkiye’s leading automotive mold manufacturers, introduced Fit, the first model of the completely domestic economic electric micromobility brand Karea, with the slogan “It is not the way you ride”. Karea Fit, the first model of the M0 segment, has all the features of passenger cars with its large living space, 184-liter luggage volume, air conditioning and multimedia system. Karea Fit, which is available for pre-order at a special launch price of 699 thousand liras, will start to hit the roads as of April. Offering a range of uses that can meet different needs from daily shopping to short urban trips, the vehicle can also meet transportation needs in and around the city with its maximum speed of 90 kilometers per hour and its infrastructure suitable for bridge and highway use.
Stating that the production philosophy in the automotive industry has changed with electric vehicles, Karea Project Leader Refik Diri said, “The main issue here is the simplification of production in the automotive industry. Public transportation is not enough to solve the transportation problem, no matter how organized the metropolises are, it is not enough. The new generation does not want vehicle ownership as much as we do. What the new generation wants is to solve the transportation problem.” Stating that the supply of passenger cars in Türkiye is almost zero between 600-700 thousand liras and 1.3-1.4 million liras, Refik Diri said, “We decided to prepare a car for this gap. Today, thanks to our model, all intellectual property rights of which belong to us, we have transferred very valuable know-how to our country from China. We started trial production in Gebze at the end of last year. We have now started mass production. Our current localization rate is 32 percent and 100 percent within a year.” “We can easily see that we will exceed 50. May the first brand of the M0 segment, Karea’s ideal city vehicle, be beneficial to our country,” he said.
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