Automotive Department's Invited Participation in the Future of Automotive Design Competition
30.10.2025

We were invited as participants to the panel titled "Future of Automotive Design Competition" and "Entrepreneurs Developing Urban Mobility Technologies of the Future", held on October 23, 2025. Representing our department, our department head, Prof. Dr. Hasan U. AKAY, our department faculty member Asst. Prof. Dr. Ali EMİN, department research assistant Ar. See. We attended this event as a spectator together with Özgür AKDENİZ and engineering faculty students.

During the event, we gained new perspectives that will affect our vision about possible developments in the automobile industry for changing transportation needs, innovative designs, integration of autonomous driving into transportation, innovations and technological developments in line with sustainable environmental policies.

The highly innovative designs and integrations presented throughout the competition gave us important clues about the future of the automotive industry.

In the section where the problems and experiences of entrepreneurs working with leading companies in Turkey such as Stellantis Turkey and TOGG are discussed, we were informed about the current problems and developmental goals of the current R&D and manufacturing sector, as well as gaining valuable information about how to work together as an entrepreneur with such companies and what the added value can be for the entrepreneur.