The Volkswagen subsidiary and e-mobility solutions firm is investing in stationary battery storage systems to supply its customers and ease grid pressure.
Go-Ahead will be running two buses fitted with solar panels on a six-month trial, with the panels expected to reduce CO2 emissions by 3.7 tons per year per bus.
Since driverless bus trials begin last month, some riders have specially made their way down to Haw Par Villa so as to try out this new transport experience.
The trial ComfortConnect service operates from Mondays to Fridays and has been available to residents in Tanjong Rhu and Meyer Road since 15 August.
Due to the higher running costs revealed during a trial, the Land Transport Authority will not roll out on-demand buses.
The Land Transport Authority will cover the roll-out of 50 hybrid and 60 pure electric buses, as well as charging infrastructure.
About 6,000 trips were taken with on-demand public bus services in the first seven weeks of a six-month trial, the Land Transport Authority said on Tuesday.
The Land Transport Authority is trialling a new mobile app that aims to make it easier for commuters with special needs to take public buses.
The Land Transport Authority kicked off its six-month trial of on-demand public buses yesterday, receiving a mainly positive initial response.
Commuters in Joo Koon and Marina Downtown will be able to hail a public bus the way they hail a private-hire ride using a phone app.
From March next year, a self-driving shuttle bus will be making its way around the campus of the National University Singapore.
The Smart Bus Priority System is currently on a six-month trial and can prompt traffic lights to change in the buses' favour.
The LTA has announced a six-month trial of on-demand public bus services. Is this is the future of mobility, or just another disruptive idea poised for failure?
A six-month trial of on-demand public bus services will begin in December, allowing commuters to request for pick-ups and drop-offs at any bus stop.
By the end of the year, commuters will be able to call on-demand buses that cost less than taxis and have higher service standards than public buses.
Two firms, Via Transportation and Ministry of Movement, have been awarded almost half a million dollars in contracts to carry out on-demand bus service trials.
Grab has begun trials of an on-demand bus service in Punggol, where users can book a shuttle bus to travel between any two bus stops there.
The Land Transport Authority has called a tender for proposals for on-demand, dynamically-routed public bus service trials.
SMRT said that it had trained five bus captains to familiarise them with the operations of the new three-door bus, and will train more in the future.
The three-door double-decker is 0.8m longer than the usual 12m, and the Land Transport Authority will evaluate if it is suitable for the current infrastructure.