Karsan Automotive
Motor Vehicle ManufacturingBursa, Turkey1001-5000 Employees
Karsan Automotive is a Turkish motor vehicle manufacturer based in Hasanağa, Bursa, employing between 1,001 and 5,000 people. The company operates across the full automotive value chain, from research and development to production, marketing, sales and after-sales, and manufactures its own Jest and Atak models as well as vehicles for world-leading automakers. Its Hasanağa plant has a capacity of up to 20,000 vehicles per year in a single shift and spans 203,000 square metres, with 99,000 square metres of covered space. Karsan positions itself as the only independent multi-brand vehicle manufacturer in Turkey and aims to participate in all passenger transport segments by developing new derivatives with partners and licensors. In the public transport sector it has launched and expanded its all-electric and autonomous products, including the e-JEST (2018), e-ATAK (2019) and the autonomous e-ATAK Level 4 bus (2021); in 2022 it released e-ATA HYDROGEN models as part of a fully electric product range from 6 to 18 meters.