Singapore Warms to Electric Cars Two Years After Teslaâs Rebuke
Mar 08 2021, 4:01 PM
March 08 2021, 2:30 AM
March 08 2021, 4:01 PM
(Bloomberg)
(Bloomberg)
After years of not doing much to foster the uptake of electric cars, Singapore has started to embrace them.
Transport Minister Ong Ye Kung, speaking in parliament last week, said there is a net carbon positive impact in switching from gas guzzlers to electric vehicles, âeven if the electricity is generated by fossil fuels.â And last month, Singapore pledged S$30 million ($22 million) over five years for EV-related initiatives.
âWith our urban environment, Singapore is quite ideal as a test-bed for the rapid adoption of EVs,â Ong said.