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The Big Read: After a decade of fits and starts, it’s all systems go for Singapore’s electric vehicle dream
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The Big Read: After a decade of fits and starts, it’s all systems go for Singapore’s electric vehicle dream The Government’s earlier start-stop approach to EV adoption for more than a decade has left some industry players and prospective buyers wondering about its future amid announcements of ambitious targets in Singapore s Green Plan 2030.
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EVs have emerged as the darling of green transportation around the world and been touted as transportation’s answer to reducing climate change emissions. It was only in recent years, however, that strides have been made in design issues that had previou
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SINGAPORE, Feb 27 When contractor and part-time Grab driver Koh Jie Meng started driving an electric vehicle (EV) in 2019, he had to make special trips to a flatted factory in Ang Mo Kio every two to three days to charge the Hyundai Kona Electric, which he rented.
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February 18, 2021
The first shipment of Moderna vaccines being unloaded at Changi Airport on Feb 17, 2021.
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SINGAPORE - The first shipment of Moderna s Covid-19 vaccine has arrived here, as Singapore ramps up its vaccination drive.
A Singapore Airlines (SIA) freighter flew in from Brussels, Belgium with the shipment on Wednesday (Dec 17). After a transit stop in Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates, it touched down at Changi Airport at about 1.40pm.
The Moderna vaccine was delivered earlier than expected. The Ministry of Health had said on Feb 3 that the first shipment would arrive around March.
Education Minister Lawrence Wong, who co-chairs the Covid-19 task force, said in a Facebook post that another batch of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine had also arrived earlier on Wednesday.