11.02.2021 Gebze
The Ministry of Industry and Technology, the General Directorate of Meteorology of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry and Turkey's Automobile Enterprise Group (TOGG) signed a protocol on the sharing and joint use of meteorological data and information.
Agriculture and Forestry Minister Dr. Bekir
Pakdemirli, Minister of Industry and Technology Mustafa Varank, TOGG Chairman
Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu, Meteorology General Manager Volkan Mutlu Coşkun and TOGG
CEO M. Gürcan Karakaş attended the signing ceremony held in Informatics Valley.
Speaking at the ceremony, TOBB President and
TOGG Chairman Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu stated that Turkey is less than 2 years away
from the nearly century-old dream of a domestic automobile and said that the
superstructure of the Gemlik plant will be completed in a short time.
Hisarcıklıoğlu stated that despite the
outbreak, the work is carried out without slowing down and said that they are
approaching the day when the first vehicle will come off the band day by day.
Hisarcıklıoğlu stated that when designing the
business model at TOGG, the most valuable source of the 21st century
and possibly the coming centuries put data and data processing at the center,
and continued:
“TOGG will process any data that can be made
sense of, as the future requires, and use it to improve its technology and
ecosystem. Today we are actually putting forward a concrete example of this.
The data produced by this protocol with our General Directorate of Meteorology
will be shared mutually. Meteorology will transmit the warnings and data it
collects instantaneously from all corners of the country to TOGG. Smart and
connected TOGG vehicles will also instantly transfer the data produced through
their sensors to MGM. There will be a useful ecosystem here.”
Hisarcıklıoğlu stated that thanks to
cooperation, TOGG will present the data it receives to its users as comfort and
security and improve the user experience, and at the same time, TOGG vehicles
will actually be a mobile meteorological observation system.
- Minister of Industry and Technology Mustafa
Varank
Minister of Industry and Technology Mustafa
Varank said that TOGG, one of the parties of the vision to make Turkey the
producer of critical technologies, not a target market, has added great
excitement to Turkey.
Emphasizing that Turkey is now growing its
steps to become a member of a top league in technology production in all areas,
Varank said, “We are determined to keep Turkey's course in R&D and
innovation. Big and visionary projects such as TOGG also nurture and grow our
country's technology ecosystem. From software to mechanical parts, TOGG is in
close cooperation with domestic suppliers who will be involved in the
production process. Even startups that have the ability to be the first in the
world in terms of their work contributing to this process.”
Reminding that the TOGG project is more of a
smart life technology than a car, Varank said, “It also opens the door to all
kinds of new ideas and initiatives in the field of innovation. In this sense,
TOGG also leads the mobility ecosystem in Turkey. Today, together with our
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, we are signing a concrete cooperation.
With today's protocol, it is possible to share meteorological data between TOGG
and our General Directorate of Meteorology. We need to underline that these
signatures have much more important meanings than pure meteorological
information sharing. The TOGG-Meteorology
cooperation will be a pioneer step in our mobility ecosystem.”
Minister Varank stated that with the signed
protocol, TOGG will increase the comfort and safety of Turkey's car by using
the data of the General Directorate of Meteorology, and said that the data will
not only inform the driver, but also that in-car applications will optimize
itself thanks to artificial intelligence technology.
- Minister Pakdemirli
Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Bekir
Pakdemirli announced that MGM data will be transmitted instantly to TOGG
vehicles along the route.
Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Pakdemirli
stated that Turkey has made a great leap forward in defense industry,
automotive, agriculture and industry in the last 18 years.
Pakdemirli stated that an e-vehicle is spoken
when it comes to TOGG, “Turkey has been able to take the necessary initiative
in an area where there are no world giants. In the 21st century, a
journey has been embarked on in the technological field that is worthy of our
country.”
Pakdemirli, stating that the eco-friendly
vehicle is not just a car but a mobile computer, “As the Ministry, we thought,
'What contribution can we make here. We told TOGG that we can take a serious
initiative on the meteorological side and make a contribution in this area. The
talks that started recently resulted in this cooperation.”
Referring to the contributions of the signed
protocol to the vehicle and the driver, Pakdemirli said: “From meteorological
information such as icing, rain in your place to route proposals and the
operation of headlights, windshield wipers, air conditioning, it will actually
help the vehicle in a very considerable manner. However, we expect it to have a
result that will increase the comfort of the person driving the vehicle. For
example, let's say we go from Kocaeli to Şanlıurfa. We need to prepare our
suitcase according to Şanlıurfa's weather. We'll be in the vehicle with
information about it. Our possible route will pass through 5 different regions
and 9 provinces. According to the weather, it will give us information such as
'don't go this way, this route is more convenient, there is snow over there'.”
Pakdemirli said that even suggestions about
what the person should wear will be presented to the user.
Pakdemirli, while addressing the story of the
domestic vehicle, said that light was seen at the end of the tunnel and that
he, as a potential TOGG customer candidate, excitedly expected to see the
vehicle on the roads.
Stating that Turkey has taken an important
initiative with TOGG in an area where the world giants are not yet present,
Pakdemirli thanked everyone who contributed to the domestic vehicle.
- Gürcan Karakaş
TOGG Senior Manager (CEO) Gürcan Karakaş said
in his presentation at the meeting that they identified TOGG as “More than a
car” and Gemlik Facilities as “More than a factory”.
Karakaş stated that they are on their way to
create a mobility ecosystem around the TOGG core at every opportunity, and that
his agreement with the General Directorate of Meteorology is one of the
important steps towards this goal.
Karakaş, noting that the instantaneous data
obtained by the General Directorate of Meteorology through the scientific
studies of the General Directorate of Meteorology will become information that
offers safety and comfort for TOGG users, said, “First of all, the importance
of instantaneous and sensitive information is very important. This has benefits
for both the driver and the vehicle. It is important for security that it has
the most sensitive data where it is instantly located, especially the proposed
routes beyond the information along the target route,” he said.
Karakaş noted: “For example, instantaneous and
local nature events such as rain, snow, fog or flooding can be immediately
reported to the vehicle and driver and measures can be taken to improve driving
and road safety, such as route changes, speed regulations. Or, meteorological
information from TOGG vehicles on the move can be transmitted instantly to
those who live in or will go to that region and be able to be negatively
affected by climatic changes. TOGG, which allows suppliers to transform and
startups to be included in the mobility ecosystem, is also a pioneer in our
country in transforming data into comfort and security.”
- General Manager of Meteorology Coşkun
Meteorology Director General Volkan Mutlu
Coşkun said that they aim to create added value with the information they will
provide to the smart living platform of the domestic car and that they monitor
the atmosphere 24 hours a day through 2,047 automated meteorological
observation stations spread throughout the country.
“Our citizens will be able to instantly see
information about air temperature, wind direction, wind speed and rainfall from
the meteorological observation station nearest to where they are when traveling
in our domestic car,” Coşkun said.
Coşkun stated that many meteorological
information and weather forecast information will be reached along the route
where travel is planned, and thus they will contribute to the comfort of
driving with the risk assessment to be made.
- Meteorological data sharing will pave the way
for new technologies and services
According to this agreement, which will set an
example worldwide, TOGG's electronic interface, called a smart living platform,
will be provided with the integration of products such as observation, weather
forecasting, road forecasting system and MeteoUyarı to be provided by MGM. Data
sharing between TOGG and the General Directorate of Meteorology will take place
with the authorization of TOGG by the Ministry of Industry and Technology.
The development of new technologies and
services will also be opened up thanks to the applications to be implemented
under three headings as Driver-Aimed Applications, In-Car Applications and Use
of Sensor Data to Be Taken From The Vehicle and the added value targeted to be
provided.
Under the agreement, MGM's data will be used
for the planned weather forecasting display in TOGG cars, safe route
calculation in navigation and adaptive range calculation, while the Highways
Weather Prediction System (KHST), developed by the General Directorate of
Meteorology, will be integration into the TOGG Smart Living Platform.
- What will MGM and TOGG bring in cooperation?
Driver Applications: Demonstration of instant
weather observations, Presentation of hourly forecasts and meteorological
warnings, Presentation of weather information on and along target, Route
recommendations by weather to the driver, risk assessment according to
meteorological warnings along the route and appropriate clothing
recommendations and weather and forecast presentation at vehicle charging
stations and driver information system.
In-Car Applications: Sharing the instantaneous
and predictive meteorological situation along the driving route with TOGG
users, optimizing the power consumption of the vehicle's systems such as
headlights, windshield wipers, air conditioning thanks to the data to be
transferred to TOGG, and contributing to the more accurate range forecast by
predicting the additional energy consumption of the main consumers fed from the
battery due to meteorological events.
Use of Sensor Data to Be Obtained from the
Vehicle: Windshield Wiper, ABS, ESP, speed, fog light usage, temperature will
be taken from sensors such as, transferred to MGM database and evaluated in the
instant status information of the data.