Togg Becomes the Mobility Sector Partner of COP31

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Creation: 24 October 2026

While Türkiye hosts the COP31 summit in Antalya in 2026 for the first time, Togg is bringing electric mobility to the center of the agenda.

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Togg will attend the 31st UN Framework Convention on Climate Change summit, to be hosted by Türkiye. Togg became the Mobility Sector Partner of COP31. The summit will be held at the Antalya EXPO grounds on 9-20 November 2026, marking the first time Türkiye has taken on this role. Under the partnership, Togg will represent the transition to electric mobility, together with the energy and digital service ecosystem that supports it, on the summit's agenda.

Highlights

COP31 will be held on 9-20 November 2026 at the Antalya EXPO grounds; Türkiye is hosting for the first time.
In addition to the Mobility Sector Partnership, Togg also took on the main stage sponsorship of the Start-up Zone.
The Trugo charging network will be promoted at the summit with over 1,750 stations across 81 provinces and 10 million charging operations over four years.
The 22 MWp solar power plant at the Gemlik facility covers about 50% of electricity consumption.
In September 2026, Togg had its second strongest month in history with 6,692 sales.

COP31's sector partnership structure shows that the summit is not merely a venue for intergovernmental negotiations.

At the conference, which brings together representatives of the public sector, private sector, international organizations, academia and civil society, industrial fields contributing to climate goals are represented with a separate partnership status. The Mobility Sector Partner role taken on by Togg should also be read within this framework: the brand will present Türkiye's leg of the mobility transition at the summit with its whole span, extending from electric vehicles to charging infrastructure and from digital services to sustainability practices on the production side. A concrete leg of the partnership is also on the entrepreneurship front.

Ortaklığın somut bir ayağı da girişimcilik cephesinde. Togg also took on the main stage sponsorship of the Start-up Zone under quick brand FDS. As part of the company's open innovation efforts, over 2,300 startups have so far been scanned in areas including digital health, artificial intelligence and data as well as sustainability, and 59 of them have been integrated into the ecosystem. In this field, the aim is for entrepreneurs to meet with investors and stakeholders. In the company's open innovation work, to date, in addition to mobility and sustainability, more than 2,300 startups have been scanned in the fields of digital health, artificial intelligence and data, and 59 of them have been included in the ecosystem. The conference's official social media accounts described Togg as Türkiye's global mobility brand and strategic partner.

The brand also shared the promotional film prepared for the summit, which will be used together with the Ministry of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change, on its own accounts; the film tells the brand's approach through the harmony between nature and technology. This arrangement shows that the partnership is not just a logo, but that the summit's communication program is also being included. This setup shows that the partnership is not limited to a single logo, but also includes the summit's communication program.

What Will Togg Bring to the Table at the Summit?

Togg, COP31'e yalnızca araç taşımakla değil; yenilenebilir enerjili şarj ağı ve yapay zekâ destekli ekosistemini iklim masasına taşıyarak giriyor.

Togg has concrete figures to tell at this point. Togg has concrete figures to share at this point. The main components that make up the company's ecosystem can be summarized as follows:

Component	Key Figures
Trugo	over 1,750 high-speed stations across 81 provinces; 10 million charges in four years; electricity that is 100% renewable with YEK-G certification
Trumore	3.8 million users in Türkiye, 100 thousand in Germany; CO₂ data with navigation, end-to-end online purchasing
Can.AI	a context-aware AI platform developed in cooperation with Microsoft Türkiye; remote software updates
Gemlik facility	22 MWp solar power plant, I-REC certified electricity, Zero Waste certificate, second-life battery applications

The road-side table is also remarkable: it is stated that, with the brand's approximately 130 thousand smart devices, up to 600 thousand tons of CO₂ emissions have been prevented to date. The framework long voiced by Chairman of the Board Fuat Tosyalı points to Türkiye's vision of developing its own technology and producing value-added output becoming visible on an international scale through this partnership. CEO Gürcan Karakaş, for his part, emphasized that the aim in the Start-up Zone is to open up space for solutions that contribute to climate goals to grow through new collaborations.

The Sustainability Report Card of the Gemlik Facility

The production leg of the story to be told at the summit comes down to Gemlik. The Technology Campus positions itself as one of Europe's cleanest facilities, and there are measurable figures behind this claim. In the paint shop, volatile organic compound emissions of 5 grams per square meter are measured; this figure is one-seventh of the European limit and one-ninth of the limit in Türkiye. The facility's 22 MWp solar power plant covers about half of its electricity consumption, and the electricity purchased since 2023 comes from I-REC certified renewable sources.

Beyond energy management, the facility reduces its demand from the grid by 1,200 MWh per year with a battery storage system and second-life battery applications; its total CO₂ reduction contribution is 549 tons. The campus holds a Zero Waste certificate, and its water consumption is 50% lower than that of comparable facilities. Perhaps most importantly, the brand's own battery is produced in Gemlik: keeping the added value within the facility ensures that the production reality aligns with the electrification message to be championed at the summit. For those who remember that the environmental report card of automotive facilities was once based solely on exhaust and chimney measurements, this picture is a good indicator of how far the industry has come.

Note-worthy: The Hidden Momentum Behind the Partnership

Such a partnership could also be read as an empty diplomatic move; however, Togg's market performance in recent months provides tangible ground for the partnership. In September 2026 the brand sold 6,692 vehicles, marking its second best-selling month to date; in the ranking of the month's best-selling electric models, T10X with 4,237 and T10F with 2,455 units took the top two spots. In July, Togg was once again the brand that sold the most electric vehicles in Türkiye with 4,600 units, and in August the T10X and T10F held the top two spots in the electric market.

The production side also confirms the momentum: the company announced that, as of September 16, 2026, the 120,000-unit production and delivery milestone had been reached. The service network has been planned to expand from 41 locations at the start of the year to 64 locations by year-end. The use of 10 specially designed Togg models for leaders' transportation at the NATO Summit also shows that the role of mobility partner at international organizations is not new to the company; COP31 looks like a step built on top of that accumulated experience.

From an industry-wide perspective, the picture is twofold. Automotive Industry Association data shows that in the first nine months of 2026, total production fell 6% and exports declined 11%; in contrast, between January and August, automotive exports reached $27.2 billion, their highest level ever for the first eight months. The electric side, meanwhile, continues to grow: in the first seven months, 93,403 electric vehicles were sold in Türkiye. Togg's position at COP31 combines with its status as the most visible representative of this electrification curve.

The Summit's Climate Agenda: 35% Electrification by 2035

The fact that the partner's message aligns with the summit's own agenda matters for those trying to distinguish whether this is marketing or politics. Türkiye's COP31 presidency's defining priority has been announced as the 35x35 plan, which targets 35% electrification by 2035. Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar also stated that electrification will be one of the most important messages to stand out at the summit. The data Togg brings to the table as Mobility Sector Partner is positioned precisely as the on-the-ground counterpart of this presidency agenda. Minister Kurum's appointment as COP31 President via presidential decree further reinforces the summit's institutional weight.

This picture also has a critical side, which should not be skipped over. Greenpeace Türkiye makes it clear that while it sees hosting as a great opportunity and an important responsibility, it expects an ambitious national contribution statement compatible with 1.5°C and a commitment to phase out coal. Expert assessments voice doubts about the 35x35 target; some environmental organizations are cautious about whether the target will genuinely accelerate the move away from fossil fuels. In other words, even though the summit's corporate partnership front looks strong, the debate over the adequacy of the targets has not gone away.

As an editor, let me note: this dual structure - partnership and showcase on one side, target-adequacy debate on the other - is the familiar balance of COP summits. Viewed from Togg's perspective, the formula is clear; a brand taking on this status without measurable data in hand would find itself in a difficult position under the international press's lens. The Gemlik and Togg figures are of the kind that can risk stepping into that spotlight.

What Will the Partnership Bring to Togg?

The company's expectations can be summarized on two levels. First, developing new collaborations with international stakeholders on the occasion of the summit; second, growing the entrepreneurial ecosystem. Within Fuat Tosyalı's framework, the summit is described as an opportunity for Türkiye to showcase its manufacturing capabilities, technological capacity, and green transformation goals on the international stage. As someone who has been following these years, I can add: It is a fact that Togg's acceptance in foreign markets requires corporate visibility as much as the product itself. This summit, relocated from Ankara to Antalya, serves as the brand's broadest showcase in the field of diplomacy.

When the doors of COP31 open on November 9, the world's climate agenda will be laid on the table in the Antalya EXPO area. Togg's place at that table will be determined by the numbers behind the title of Mobility Sector Partner: Nearly 130 thousand smart devices, more than 1,750 charging stations, and Gemlik's measured emission values. When the summit ends, what will be discussed is whether these numbers translate into new collaborations.