More Electric Buses on Singaporean Roads: What You Need to Know
Singapore supports the 2030 Agenda of Sustainable Development. As a small country with limited land and no natural resources, Singapore understands the importance of sustainable development and is currently rolling out greener and more sustainable modes of transportation. As part of a whole-of-nation movement to advance Singapore ’ s national agenda on sustainable development, Singapore is deploying new fully electric buses for public transportation. The government is planning to make all 5,800 public buses run on cleaner energy by 2040. Deployment of New Electric Buses - What You Need to Know Who supplied them? The Land Transport Authority (LTA) will procure 60 electric buses under a tender awarded in October 2018 to various transportation technology companies. LTA is buying 20 single-deck electric buses each from BYD and ST Engineering Land Systems. 10 single-deck and 10 double-deck electric buses will be provided by the Yutong-NARI Consortium. Who is running the new electric buses?