In recent years, the government has been very vocal about its stance to boost the adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) in Singapore. In last year’s Budget speech delivered in February, Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat gave the clearest indication of the government’s commitment towards EVs. He said that the …
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Electric provides real-time IT support to businesses, alongside insights and data on its customers’ IT infrastructure. The company today announced it has raised $ 40 million in a series C round of funding led by Greenspring Associates. Founded out of New York in 2016, Electric offers chat-based IT support integrated …
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Singapore has a grand vision of phasing out internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles by 2040, according to Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat in his February 2020 budget speech. To achieve this goal, the Singapore government has laid out various measures to boost the use of electric vehicles (EVs) in …
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Launched in December 2017, BlueSG claims to be the world’s second largest electric car-sharing service. As of December last year, BlueSG has a fleet of 667 shared electric Bluecar vehicles and 1,487 charging stations that is spread across 374 locations in Singapore. The Straits Times reported today (Feb 1) that …
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Launched in December 2017, BlueSG offers an affordable and convenient mobility option to Singaporeans with its electric car-sharing service. It is a subsidiary of the Bolloré Group, which launched the world’s largest car-sharing service Autolib’ in Paris. Now, BlueSG is the world’s second largest electric car-sharing service. It currently has …
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Singaporeans are no stranger to super apps such as WeChat in China, Go-Jek in Indonesia and Grab in Singapore. These super apps are all-encompassing, and allow users to access a host of different services on the same platform. They incorporate many functions and features, from e-commerce to ride-hailing to food …
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Singapore aims to phase out petrol, or internal combustion engine (ICE), vehicles by 2040. As part of the Land Transport Authority’s pilot programme on a national-level electric vehicle (EV) Car Sharing initiative, electric-car sharing service BlueSG was launched in 2017. BlueSG, a subsidiary of Bolloré Group, will install 2,000 BlueSG …
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Instead of walking home, you might be able to shuttle to your HDB block in an electric car by 2021. Singapore startup QIQ Global unveiled today (12 August) its plans to launch electric microcars for rent. Called the QIQ Pods, they are only 2.4 metres long and 1 metre wide. …
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(Reuters) — Electric car maker Tesla plans to introduce a new low-cost, long-life battery in its Model 3 sedan in China later this year or early next that it expects will bring the cost of electric vehicles in line with gasoline models, and allow EV batteries to have second and …
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