Electric cars in Singapore: The future is now

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Cars like the Hyundai Kona Electric give drivers the chance to make a clean break with old-fashioned fossil fuels. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Remember the last time you used a kerosene lamp? Maybe not, but you could ask your grandparents about them. They might fondly remember the warm glow of the flickering light, but leave out the part about needed constant top ups. There’s no going back from the bright, clean electric lighting of today.

Motors need batteries, and the Kona Electric’s are neatly packaged under the car’s floor so it takes up little room. An added plus is that they lower the car’s centre of gravity, which makes it highly stable through corners. Yet, efficiency comes in many forms, and the Kona Electric’s superior packaging means it is surprisingly spacious for a compact sport utility vehicle . There is plenty of room for the needs of a family living in the city, with a generous boot size of 332 litres — expandable to 1,143 litres by folding the rear seats, more than enough for an active lifestyle.

Even if you factor in the energy needed to generate the power for a Kona Electric, it emits less than 56g of carbon dioxide per km. A comparable car that runs on petrol would belch out two to three times as much in its emission.

 

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