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 by Staff Writers Istanbul (AFP) Dec 27, 2019
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan unveiled Friday prototypes of a domestically manufactured electric car that is hoped will hit the road within three years. "Today we are witnessing together a historic day when Turkey's 60-year-old dream is coming true," Erdogan told a ceremony in the Kocaeli province in northwestern Turkey. Turkey has a considerable auto manufacturing sector, but it mostly subsidiaries or partners of international carmakers. "Turkey has become a country which is not only a market for new technologies but also a country which develops, produces and exports them to the world," he said. Two models were unveilled on Thursday, but five are planned with an autonomy of 500 kilometres (300 miles) on a full charge. Production is expected to get underway in 2022 by a consortium of five Turkish industiral firms dubbed TOGG. Some 175,000 vehicles are expected to roll off the production line per year at a factory to be built south of Istanbul in the city of Bursa.
Colombia orders Uber to suspend app services Bogota (AFP) Dec 21, 2019 Uber has been told to immediately suspend its ride-sharing services in Colombia, the industry and commerce authority announced Friday, citing unfair competition laws. The US tech giant has around two million active users in the country, and roughly 88,000 drivers. The ruling, which is subject to an appeal, follows a lawsuit by a group of taxi drivers who accuse the company of unfair business practices. The head of the Industry and Commerce department - which regulates the market - said tha ... read more
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