The adoption of electric vehicles (EV) by Southeast Asian policymakers has rapidly accelerated over the past few months. There is now a race between the bigger players in the region such as Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia to become a regional hub to deploy and manufacture electric vehicles.Currently, there are four types of EVs globally.
Public transportation in the region will see a drastic change over the next few years.
Singapore prides itself as a nation with one of the most efficient public transportation systems in the world. However, that reputation has taken a hit, of late, when a stalled Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) train was rear-ended by another train, injuring 29 commuters.This was the third incident to happen in two months after two separate incidents occurred last month.
Singapore, one of the most expensive places in the world to buy a vehicle, has announced it will freeze the number of private cars on its roads from next year but vowed to expand public transport.The growth cap for all passenger cars and motorcycles will be cut from 0.25 percent a year to zero with effect from February, the Land Transport Authority (LTA) said.The affluent city-state of 5.6 million people already imposes a quota on the number of vehicles sold and the number on its roads, and h
