SINGAPORE: The first batch of six electric vehicle (EV) charging points under the Land Transport Authority’s (LTA) large-scale tender covering nearly 2,000 Housing Board (HDB) car parks was made operational on Wednesday (Feb 22).
These charging points are located in two public car parks in Telok Blangah and Boon Lay, with three charging points at each location.
The charging points in these car parks are respectively operated by ChargEco and Charge+.
Speaking to reporters at the event launch, Transport Minister S Iswaran hailed the deployment of the first batch of chargers as an important development in Singapore’s efforts to build up the electric vehicle ecosystem.
“As we all know, one of the concerns is around what is called range anxiety, where the question is ‘Where can I get my next charge?’” he said.
“By making charging points ubiquitous across the island, especially in our HDB (car parks), we hope to eliminate that range anxiety and therefore encourage greater adoption.”
All the charging points in HDB car parks are slow charge. A single charge can last about five days based on the average mileage of 48km per day.
Drivers can locate their nearest charging point with the MyTransport.SG app.