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 …
Read More »Electric raises $40 million for IT platform that gives businesses real-time insights and tech support
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 …
Read More »Want To Own A Tesla? Here’s All You Need To Know About Buying An Electric Car In S’pore
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 …
Read More »S’pore Electric Car-Sharing Firm BlueSG Reportedly In Talks To Be Sold To Goldbell Group
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 …
Read More »Racing To The Top: How BlueSG Became The World’s Second Largest Electric Car Sharing Service
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 …
Read More »He Built The First Central American Super App, Now Bringing Electric Moped Sharing To S’pore
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 …
Read More »S’pore Is Betting Big On Electric Cars, But Here’s What It Needs To Do To Increase Adoption
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 …
Read More »S’pore Startup QIQ To Launch Shared Electric “Microcars” Rental For Short Trips By 2021
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. …
Read More »Tesla’s secret batteries aim to rework the math for electric cars and the grid
(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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