For the second year running, a study reveals that Singapore remains the leading country in Asia in terms of readiness to embrace autonomous vehicles (AV). The second edition of KPMG’s Autonomous Vehicles Readiness Index (AVRI), which measures various countries’ preparedness and openness to AV technology, placed Singapore in second spot globally, behind the Netherlands.
The index evaluated 25 countries globally, measuring their state of readiness for AV adoption against four pillars (policy and legislation, technology and innovation, infrastructure and consumer acceptance). Five new countries (Czech Republic, Hungary, Finland, Israel and Norway) were added this year to bring the total to 25.
Singapore was placed first in two of the four pillars, these being policy and legislation as well as consumer acceptance, and in terms of infrastructure, it’s only behind the Netherlands.
It was placed 15th in technology and innovation, but according to Satya Ramamurthy, partner and head of infrastructure, government and healthcare at KPMG in Singapore, the country’s lack of conventional automotive manufacturing may prove to be a strength in developing electric vehicles and AVs, given that they use a substantially different set of components.
The republic has been pushing hard on AV development – it opened the Centre of Excellence for Testing and Research of Autonomous Vehicles (Cetran) at Nanyang Technological University in 2017, which has a test town for driverless vehicles complete with traffic lights, bus stops, skyscrapers and a rain-making machine to offer realistic testing conditions.
It is also planning real-world field tests with driverless buses and shuttles in three areas (Punggol, Tengah and the Jurong Innovation District) for off-peak and on-demand commuting from 2022, and it is working with the Netherlands on an international standard for AVs.
Ramamurthy says that the index results clearly reflects that the ecosystem for AVs in Singapore is ready and very much aligned with how the country is establishing itself as a Smart Nation and centre for AV development.
“The government is very proactive in thinking about the future of mobility. It is seriously investigating the possibilities as well as preparing for a regulatory environment that will facilitate a future that is autonomous. Along with the release of TR-68, a set of provisional national standards that guide the safe deployment of AV, Singapore is well-positioned to harness the societal and economic benefits of AV,” he said.
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Singapore will be filled with robotic China cars soon.
https://paultan.org/2019/02/15/changan-world-record-with-self-driving-55-car-parade/
Singapore Merdeka same time with Malaysia. And yet, Singapore is light years ahead of us. Currency also 3X more than the ringgit.
And the best part, Singapore has ZERO natural resources. Malaysia has the highest and largest natural resources in the world. Getah, Kelapa Sawit, Tin, Kuprum, Cobalt, Iron, Gold etc etc etc
How Singapore is far ahead than us?
Because they didn’t have someone like Tun to run the country and able to fool the people in voting him back again. Sinkies aren’t so stupid, which is why they prosper why we go on a downturn after mid last year.
Lmao your comment is a joke. Singapore is small city state. Imagine managing a small piece of land, vs a large piece of land.
then whole else is capable to run the country now?
No need to look so far. Just look how clean Singapore is. We cannot even love our own country and keep it clean.
Lucky Singapore left Malaysia.
No worries, you can be lucky too. Please do the same as soon as possible.
Cleanliness has to also do with upbringing. Just see how many actually clean up their table after a meal at McD!
get rid of NAP and NEP, you will see we become better than SG
I’m confused here.1st of all,Singapore is one of the most expensive country in the world to buy a car.2nd the government always encouraged its citizens to use public transport.And now they are ready to receive AV vehicles.Can someone please enlighten me..
AV eventually meant for ride hailing service like Grab/Uber, not for privately owned cars. It’s to supplement MTRs and busses
Autonomous vehicles can be public transport, like autonomous taxis.
Yeah.. autonomous vehicle at their country means that less driving… then this lowya kiasu people practice their reckless driving in msia.
Not surprising being such a tiny country – probably the smallest in the list. Netherlands on the other hand has worked hard to gazette car-less areas and pedestrian malls – a very pro active socialist type of country but most of all tiny just like S’pore
The Netherlands is not a socialist type country. It’s has a free market but with robust social welfare programs. Venezuela on the other hand is a shining example of what socialism is. Stop listening to your feminist friends who are claiming the Netherlands are socialists. Get rid of them, you are better than them cultural Marxists.
Singapore much lesser bikes wat , deswaii.
They hate Mat rempits thats why…
Small country. Easy to implement.
Honestly nothing to shout about.
Masuk Malaysia, automatically they become the worst driver in Asia.
It’s a very very very small country with a highly efficient govt. Everything is based on meritocracy and money is king!
I think they have the formula right.
We also must start with meritocracy. Enough of goyang kaki and lepak
Malaysia talk big about being the World’s Autonomous hub. But we don’t even have our own EV cars. We don’t even have 10 year old Hybrid cars also.
Both P1 and P2 have been sleeping too much.
Most of the Cabinet of the Singapore Government is made up of Harvard and Cambridge graduates.
In Malaysia, most our Cabinet members all got no paper qualification. Form 5 also can enter politics and work your way up to Ministerial level.
That is the difference why Singapore is far ahead of Malaysia. The whole country emphasizes on education
Meritocracy is too far ahead of Nep affirmative,
John said everybody want to invest in Malaysia to make autonomous.
Menteri also say Proton also going to be fully autonomous. Apa jadi?
luckily they separate from Malaysia, at least 30 years ahead,we are still struggle to mark the road properly, and pothole.
In term of driving behaviour. Malaysia and singapore are equally level no gap both are terrible.
Never ever compare a country the size smaller than Melaka against other larger countries. Otherwise Formula 1 cars some 1.5 engine some 5.0 engine.
A fair comparison is one on a level playing field. Like MotoGP bikes maximum displacement is 990cc.
Or is it because they are Chinese? #abanggojeksingapore
Singapore should have autonomous-kiasu driving cars….Should be the first in the world too.
kiasu ma….everything must be no 1…..