After winning the Sustainable Bus Awards 2023 in the Urban category with the e-Ata 12, and triumphing in the Global Business Excellence Awards, Karsan also takes home the title of “Europe’s Most Innovative Commercial Vehicle Brand” in the Global Brand Awards 2022, thus replenishing its trophy case.

Karsan’s CEO Okan Baş commented on the recognition: «2022 was a year in which we were honored for our splurges. With our 12-meter electric e-Ata model, we won the Sustainable Bus of the Year 2023 award for urban public transport. Then, in the Global Business Excellence awards, we won first place in the Extraordinary Brand Transformation category with our electric transformation journey “Karsan Electric Evolution.” After all these achievements, Karsan continues to be a source of pride with the “Europe’s Most Innovative Commercial Vehicle Brand” award given to us by the Global Brand Awards. Over the past five years, Karsan has made significant strides through its mobility solutions with innovative technologies and pioneered the global electric evolution in public transportation».

The Ceo of the Bursa-based manufacturer, therefore, added: «This latest award won actually shows how accurate the vision we have set for ourselves is and how we can offer the market more than just a commercial vehicle manufacturer».

Karsan CEO Okan Baş

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