SINGAPORE – SMRT aims to change all its taxis to 100 per cent electric vehicles within five years as part of efforts to go green. The first batch of 300 electric taxis will arrive progressively in Singapore from July, the transport operator announced in a statement on Tuesday (April 20). The electric vehicles could include... » read more
SINGAPORE – With the Covid-19 pandemic, public transport ridership fell last year as expected, a slide which broke a trend of consecutive rises in the previous 15 years. The Land Transport Authority (LTA) said on Wednesday (Feb 10) that average daily ridership for buses and trains fell by 34.5 per cent to 5.04 million – an... » read more
SINGAPORE (THE BUSINESS TIMES) – German aviation start-up Volocopter on Wednesday (Dec 9) announced its commitment to launch air taxi services in Singapore, following two years of “close collaboration” with the city. Volocopter’s emission-free aircraft takes off and lands vertically. Each autonomous electric drone can carry up to two passengers. In partnership with the Economic... » read more