The push for electric vehicle (EV) adoption in Singapore continues to widen with the introduction of another public EV charging network. Earlier this week, utility company Singapore Power (SP) Group announced plans to have a network of 500 charging points up and running across the republic by 2020.
The charging locations will be made available in public areas such as shopping malls, residential areas, business parks and industrial sites. The company said that the first 30 charging points will be rolled out and operational by the end of this year.
The network will be fully compliant with the country’s national charging standards and will comprise both alternating current (AC) and direct current (DC) chargers, with power ratings ranging from 22 kW to 50 kW.
It added that out of the 500 charging stations, more than 100 will be 50 kW DC charging points, which will offer the ability to fully charge an EV in as little as 30 minutes. At present, there are less than five DC chargers in operation in Singapore.
The company also announced the launch of two tenders for the EV charging network, the first for the procurement of both AC and DC charging hardware and the second for the installation of the chargers.
It will also be introducing a mobile application that will aid EV users in locating available charging points across the island. Additionally, the app will provide automated updates on charging progress/completion and the means to make payment electronically for the use of the charging facilities. According to news reports, SP has not yet revealed the pricing plan, but is set to do so closer to the network’s introduction.
The SP network isn’t the only EV charging initiative available in Singapore. In December last year, EV car-sharing programme BlueSg announced plans to have 2,000 charging points across the island by 2020, with 400 of these being available for public use. Other small-scale players with publicly accessible charging points include Greenlot and Red Dot Power.
And the haze will come and diminish all those good work
its good work still. so good job
As usual Malaysia left behind by a little small country.
No, thanks dunwan to live in a very expensip flat
True dat. SG car no more fill our expensip RON97 fuel. Krikk3
Yeah deswai pipu go for cheaper things, regardless its country is in front or not
Who will use ron97 then? Lol
Singaporeans work hard. They don’t lepak in the workplace kantin 8X a day eating nasi lemak and kuih lapis.
Yeah, like those takata airbags engineers
Time to build a nuclear power plant on a new man-made island.
Congratulations to SG for pushing ahead with EV by having 500 charging stations by 2020.
Maybe our very own TNB should follow with similar effort & learn from Singapore Power(SP).
It will stimulate & encourage more EV usage in M’sia.
TNB priority is to make lots and lots of money. Very different from LLN, where nation building is the priority.
They wont come out with this huge outlay of Capex as the payback is small & takes long time.
Wonder who responsible for LLN privatisation and forcing it to purchase power from IPPs?
“To stimulate & encourage more EVs usage in M’sia” is not necessary by installing more charging stations..
500 charging stations in a little country, it will definitely boost EV cars as people will be more confident and find it more convenient. If Malaysia, we would need much more than that.
Small country, going around with EV no problem. In MY, EV cant even reach Ipoh without recharging.
I guess you need to read more about the recent advancement of energy storage technology in the EV. It will be very soon that EV can travel to Ipoh without the need of recharging.
small country work hard. Big country got ketuanan issues and lazy
Like above said, ketuanan issues dun have exploding airbag problem, but superior mentality have airbags problem everywhere. I chose lazy living over superior death.