2,000 charging points for electric car sharing to be set up
10 May 2016|1,198 views
2,000 charging points will be set up in Singapore as part of an islandwide electric car sharing programme, reported The Straits Times.
Transport Minister Khaw Boon Wan said in Parliament yesterday that the Land Transport Authority (LTA) and Economic Development Board had earlier issued a Request for Information (RFI) to invite proposals for such a programme. He revealed that the programme would see 2,000 charging points across Singapore, but gave no indication of when it would be launched, saying only that "the proposals are in the final stages of evaluation".
According to the RFI, up to 20 percent of the 2,000 points may be accessible to non-participants of the car sharing scheme.
Mr. Terence Siew, Product Manager at home-grown charging solutions firm Greenlots, said 2,000 points for a planned fleet of 1,000 cars was a good ratio to start with. Today, there are over 100 charging points in commercial and residential buildings as well as in public spaces. But only half are switched on. Mr. Siew said this could be because building owners find there is insufficient demand. According to LTA data, there are only about 120 electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles here.
2,000 charging points will be set up in Singapore as part of an islandwide electric car sharing programme, reported The Straits Times.
Transport Minister Khaw Boon Wan said in Parliament yesterday that the Land Transport Authority (LTA) and Economic Development Board had earlier issued a Request for Information (RFI) to invite proposals for such a programme. He revealed that the programme would see 2,000 charging points across Singapore, but gave no indication of when it would be launched, saying only that "the proposals are in the final stages of evaluation".
According to the RFI, up to 20 percent of the 2,000 points may be accessible to non-participants of the car sharing scheme.
Mr. Terence Siew, Product Manager at home-grown charging solutions firm Greenlots, said 2,000 points for a planned fleet of 1,000 cars was a good ratio to start with. Today, there are over 100 charging points in commercial and residential buildings as well as in public spaces. But only half are switched on. Mr. Siew said this could be because building owners find there is insufficient demand. According to LTA data, there are only about 120 electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles here.
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