SINGAPORE: Transport operator SMRT is targeting to change its entire taxi fleet to electric vehicles within five years, with the first batch of 300 to arrive in Singapore progressively from July.
The fleet could include models such as sedans, station wagons and multi-purpose vehicles to “meet the diverse needs of the market as it evolves”, SMRT said in a news release on Tuesday .The move is part of the company’s growth strategy in green businesses under Strides Mobility, its sustainable urban mobility services arm. The strategy includes introducing services using electric vehicles such as taxis, cars, vans, limousines, motorcycles and buses.
Strides Mobility has also recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding with EuroSports Technologies to develop, deploy and distribute smart electric motorcycles in Singapore and the region. SMRT is"among the first point-to-point transport operators to commit to the deployment of electric taxis on a large scale", SMRT Road Holdings president Tan Kian Heong said.SMRT added more than 600 Toyota Prius hybrid taxis to its fleet in 2013, becoming the largest hybrid taxi operator in Singapore at the time. The fleet became fully hybrid last year.
The cabbies are more excited about this than consumers are bcoz it's just a tiny drop in the ocean but no doubt madea giant splash on someone who scored the fleet deal who is richer today than he or she was y'day.
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