The LTA has announced a slew of new measures intended to lower the carbon emissions resulting from land transportation here in Singapore.
Top highlight for current electric vehicle owners is the fact that the LTA has committed to turning every HDB town EV-ready by 2025. This, the LTA states, means a minimum of three chargers in all HDB carparks by 2025, with more to be deployed as EV adoption picks up pace.
Electric vehicle owners can look forward to a minimum of three vehicle chargers at all HDB carparks by 2025 The financing for these chargers will come through the issuance of green bonds, and the costs will be recovered from EV charging operators and EV users over the longer term.
If you're looking to get your hands on an electric car yourself, this section will interest you: Starting from May 2022's first bidding exercise onwards, the maximum power output threshold for electric cars to be considered under the Cat A COE category will be raised from the current 130bhp up to 147bhp (97kW to 110kW). This change will not apply to internal combustion-powered cars.
This means that shoppers of cars including the Hyundai Kona Electric (in standard range guise only), Hyundai Ioniq Electric, as well as the MG ZS will now bid in the Cat A COE category.
Those that take public transport will also stand to benefit. You'll be able to look forward to quieter bus journeys as the LTA has also announced that its bus buys from now until 2030 will primarily be electric. The authority states that this means half of Singapore's public bus fleet will be electric by 2030, with over 400 diesel-powered busses set to be replaced by 2025 as they reach their statutory lifespan.
Finally, the LTA states that it will install solar panels on the roofs of new or recently-upgraded land transport infrastructure such as rail and bus depots, offices and facility buildings. This will support its existing plans to achieve the solar energy deployment targets of 16MWp (that is, Megawatt-Peak) by 2025 and 25MWp by 2030.
Top highlight for current electric vehicle owners is the fact that the LTA has committed to turning every HDB town EV-ready by 2025. This, the LTA states, means a minimum of three chargers in all HDB carparks by 2025, with more to be deployed as EV adoption picks up pace.
If you're looking to get your hands on an electric car yourself, this section will interest you: Starting from May 2022's first bidding exercise onwards, the maximum power output threshold for electric cars to be considered under the Cat A COE category will be raised from the current 130bhp up to 147bhp (97kW to 110kW). This change will not apply to internal combustion-powered cars.
This means that shoppers of cars including the Hyundai Kona Electric (in standard range guise only), Hyundai Ioniq Electric, as well as the MG ZS will now bid in the Cat A COE category.
Those that take public transport will also stand to benefit. You'll be able to look forward to quieter bus journeys as the LTA has also announced that its bus buys from now until 2030 will primarily be electric. The authority states that this means half of Singapore's public bus fleet will be electric by 2030, with over 400 diesel-powered busses set to be replaced by 2025 as they reach their statutory lifespan.
Finally, the LTA states that it will install solar panels on the roofs of new or recently-upgraded land transport infrastructure such as rail and bus depots, offices and facility buildings. This will support its existing plans to achieve the solar energy deployment targets of 16MWp (that is, Megawatt-Peak) by 2025 and 25MWp by 2030.
