KARSAN OVERVIEW
Leaving 60 years behind in the Turkish automotive industry, Karsan has been producing for the world's leading brands in the commercial vehicle segment, including its own brand, in its modern facilities since the day it was founded. Producing commercial vehicles since 1981, Karsan's factory in Hasanağa, Bursa, has the capacity to produce ~20 thousand vehicles in a single shift per year. Designed with the flexibility to produce all kinds of vehicles from passenger cars to heavy trucks, from minivans to buses, Hasanağa Factory is 30 km away from Bursa city center and is located on a total area of 203 thousand square meters, 99 thousand square meters of which is closed.
As the only independent multi-brand vehicle manufacturer in the Turkish automotive industry, Karsan aims to take part in all segments of passenger transportation by developing derivatives of new and existing products together with its business partners and licensors in line with its vision of being one step ahead in the future of mobility. Continuing its activities to develop and market "innovative products and services" in the public transportation sector "from idea to market", Karsan aims to strengthen its Main Manufacturer/OEM business line in particular.
Continuing its activities of developing and launching "innovative products and services" in the public transportation sector, from "intellectual development to market", Karsan aims to strengthen its main manufacturer/OEM business line in particular. Karsan manages the entire automotive value chain, from R&D to production, from marketing to sales and after-sales activities. Karsan manufactures Jest and Atak models under its own brand. Karsan developed the e-JEST in 2018, followed by the e-ATAK in 2019. In 2021, the company launched the 10 m, 12 m and 18 m models of its born-electric e-ATA family, becoming the first and only brand in Europe to offer a fully electric product range from 6 meters to 18 meters. In the same year, in collaboration with the domestic technology company ADASTEC, Karsan introduced the Level 4 driverless Autonomous e-ATAK, followed by the Autonomous e-JEST in 2025. Karsan also unveiled the e-ATA HYDROGEN in 2022. As of 2022, the company has been manufacturing Megane Sedan passenger cars for the Renault brand. By the end of 2023, Karsan became the first European bus manufacturer to enter the Japanese market with its right-hand-drive e-JEST, and in November 2024, it entered the UK market with the same right-hand-drive e-JEST model.