2020 Sustainability Report
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Mobility Solutions

Technological developments and ever-changing global trends create new mobility needs. Considering the needs altered by mobility and freedom of travel, we, as Tofaş, produce new solutions to meet those changing needs with sustainable methods. We contribute to FCA’s researches and studies to help our customers become more conscious about energy consumption.

Low-Emission Vehicles

Awareness is raising about the climate change, as a result of which FCA’s mobility solutions focus more and more on low-emission vehicles. Acting as a counterpart in these works, we, as Tofaş, see this topic as one of the most significant areas of development.

“Stage 2” emission homologation testing of Fiorino 1.4 LPG was performed successfully in the TOFAŞ Emission Laboratory.

We produce low-emission vehicles, while also creating solutions to produce less waste by using resources effectively in production, and to reduce the use of raw materials without risking vehicle safety.

In addition to our customers’ demands and expectations, new regulations are being signed everyday about emission and safety, and the vehicles on the market are expected to comply with those regulations. Therefore, we have decided to improve Egea/Tipo model vehicles with such engine options as 1.6 and 1.3 diesel E6d Final, 1.0 and 1.4 petrol E6d Final. Furthermore, as part of such improvement activities, we have also worked on a new ADAS package, which will meet safety-related expectations.

People are getting more and more conscious about the environment, and our petroleum sources are scarce, as a result of which customers in Turkey and abroad are preferring hybrid and electric vehicles over petrol and diesel ones. Accordingly, we have plans to use T4P2 hybrid engines in Egea/Tipo model vehicles.

Portable Emission Measurement System (PEMS) The Portable Emission Measurement System allows the performing of measurements, which are normally performed in emission laboratories, under real road conditions. The system has been developed to assess the vehicle’s emission results in a traffic environment that represents actual road conditions instead of tests carried out under constant conditions in emission laboratories. The use of PEMS for passenger cars in Turkey was first launched by Tofaş. The test results are used as an input for the engine software of vehicles during the project phase and serves as a reference for the measurements made in our emission laboratory. Real Driving Emissions (RDE) tests, which became mandatory with the Euro 6D-Temp emission level and which were applied in a type approval test for the first time in Turkey, were completed using the Portable Emission Measurement Device (PEMS).

TOFAŞ Emission Laboratory Hybrid & Electric Vehicle Measurement System TOFAŞ Emission Laboratory is being updated within the scope of compliance with current technology and emission regulations.

To meet the new requirements regarding the emission tests of hybrid vehicles and to carry out the range and energy consumption tests of electric vehicles, the necessary systems will be put into operation at the TOFAŞ emission laboratory this year. After this modification, in addition to the tests of internal combustion vehicles that are currently being carried out, it will be possible to perform the type approval, production verification, and research and development tests of all kinds of hybrid, fuel cell, and electric vehicles in the laboratory.

Alternative Fuel Vehicles

Another area we focus on within the scope of our mobility solutions is the development of alternative fuel vehicles. Accordingly, we closely monitor electric vehicle technologies, and try to integrate them with innovative solutions and practices. Our aim is to locally produce electric vehicle systems and components. Furthermore, we, as TOFAŞ, participate in FCA’s efforts to popularize alternative fuel systems such as biofuel and natural gas. Relevant projects and objectives thereof are as follows:

ASSURED H2020 Project

Ensuring a better understanding of the effect of fast charging profiles on the battery in terms the life of the charger-vehicle combination, sizing, safety, network reliability and energy efficiency increase; and reducing the total cost of ownership (TCO),

Developing new generation modular high power charging solutions for electric buses and trucks and light commercial vehicles,

Integration and verification of the system on electric city transport buses, different types of trucks (600kW - pantograph) and 1 light commercial electric vehicle (100kW - wireless) prototype suitable for fast charging.

SYS2WHEEL H2020 Project

Efficient adaptation to BEVs and existing vehicle platforms and development of components, systems and architectures by 2030 for the future CO2 free city logistics

Hi-Fi H2020 Project

Reduction of efforts and costs by verifying the hardware integration of the electric vehicle components into the system in the software environment, thus preventing the errors that may occur in further stages

Developing a method for the development and testability of electric vehicle components

Project on the Development Of a Battery Management System With Active and Passive Balancing Properties Suitable for Automotive Standards for Electric and Hybrid Vehicles

Robust and fast Battery Management Systems (BMS) solutions for potential projects on different types of battery packs

Being more reliable and configurable than ready-made BMS solutions.