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For Information about exporting to Turkey contact:

Perim Akguner

U.S. Embassy Izmir, Turkey

Commercial Specialist

[e-mail]

[phone]

Greece

For the promotion of e-mobility in Greece, the National Plan has 3 main pillars:

1. a series of economic and other incentives, subsidizing the e-vehicle acquisition by 100 million euros for 18 months (e-taxis, e-scooters, e-bicycles included); Buyers of electric cars and light commercial vehicles will get 15% of the purchase price while the state will provide 25% for electric taxis.

2.regulation of the market of EV charging services and operation of charging infrastructures. Every new building should have the infrastructure to charge electric vehicles. Together with tax breaks, and other subsidies offered by the Greek government, electric vehicles are to become up to EUR 10,000 cheaper. Electric cars will also be exempt from parking fees for two years. The e-mobility measures are part of a ten-year climate protection plan, and

3.incentives for the installation of new e-mobility production units in decarbonization areas.

Additionally, in September 2020, the Greek Government announced a Special Development Program for Greek Municipalities that includes the following Mobility objectives

:

•Intelligent traffic and public transportation management systems/applications.

•Integration of mild transportation resources, new technologies to inform citizens about public

transportation.

•Applications/actions of “sharing mobility”, and

•Electric vehicles for all municipal vehicles and the respective EV chargers.

According to data published by ACEA, the share of battery-electric vehicles in Greece’s new-car market in 2019 was just 0.2%, compared to an EU-wide share of 1.9%. Thus, the Greek government aggressively promotes its e-Mobility program covering electric cars, motorcycles and bicycles, and on 24 August 2020 launched an online platform where subsidies were offered and provided incentives for purchasing battery-electric vehicles. As per the press release from the Ministry of Energy, the number of applications within the first 15 days covered 10% of the allocated funds.

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Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Industry analysts estimate that Turkey's cumulative investments into sensors, big data analytics, M2M software and hardware, artificial Intelligence, modeling and simulations, cloud services and cybersecurity applications will reach $60 billion between 2017-2022. The largest AI investments in Turkey are expected in the ICT&media, financial services, health, automotive and transportation

systems sectors.

Drones

In Turkey, drones are classified as aircraft by the Directorate General of Civil Aviatio (SHGM). As a result, drone users need to acquire a drone pilot license first from authorized flight schools. In addition, there are airspace restrictions for drones. Any drone heavier than 500grams cannot be used within 9 kilometers of airports or in closed spaces and cannot fly above 120meters.

As of December 2018, there are 33,600 registered drones and 48,800 designated drone operators in Turkey. The most common drone model is the Chinese DJI drone, with over 80% market share. Drones in Turkey are mostly used for media coverage (over 70%), mapping, land survey, pesticide spraying, and wind turbine maintenance. 

Robotics

Robotics is gaining importance in Turkey's advanced manufacturing development. There are 14,000 operational industrial robots in Turkey, with about half in the automotive industry.  According to 2018 statistics, on average countries use 90 robots per 10,000 workers in manufacturing.  This number is 200 in the automotive manufacturing  in Turkey, and averages just 20 accounting all industries, leaving significant potential growth opportunities for robotics in manufacturing.