Singapore shared electric vehicles

To ease the pressure on scarce resources, Singapore has launched a massive electric car-sharing scheme as the land-scarce city-state hopes to give commuters more transport options and steer them away from buying their own cars. The service will be operated by BlueSG, a subsidiary of the French Bolloré Group, for a period of up to 10 years. This is part of Singapore's plan to reduce the number of vehicles on the road and encourage citizens to use public transport. Singapore, with its well-maintained roads and relatively calm traffic conditions, has also been encouraging tests of various self-driving technologies. About 80 cars and 32 charging stations are already available to the public, BlueSG said in a statement on Tuesday.

The electric car launched by BlueSG is small and nimble. The company plans to launch 1,000 electric vehicles and 2,000 charging points by 2020. BlueSG said the Singapore service would be the second-largest electric car-sharing operation in the world after Paris. The statement did not say how much the project would cost. The Singapore government provided some funding for the project's infrastructure.

On the streets of Singapore, you can see BlueSG's car, which can carry four people and can travel 200 kilometers on a single charge. Users can subscribe to one of two membership plans, one for a year, and charge 0.33 per minute Singapore dollars (about 1.6 yuan), or 0.5 Singapore dollars per minute, there is no time limit. The price is similar to that of the Autolib car-sharing service offered in Bolloré, Paris.

Perhaps due to land resource constraints and some other reasons, Singapore is one of the most expensive countries in the world to buy a car. In October 2017, Singapore said it would not allow its car numbers to grow in February 2018 due to land scarcity and the development of its public transport system. Earlier, the Ministry of Transport of Singapore stated in a statement that it hopes to deploy self-driving buses on public roads in three different areas of the city from 2022 to provide passengers with better travel services.

Prior to this, although Singapore developed very advanced, it has been facing problems such as high population density and labor shortage. Therefore, it welcomes the most cutting-edge autonomous driving technology and has made a lot of efforts. At the same time, Singapore also encourages domestic residents to use more Shared vehicles and public transport. Currently, at least 10 companies are testing self-driving technology in Singapore.

Not only is the car expensive in Singapore, but it is also one of the countries with the highest driving costs. The average price of each car ownership certificate is about 240,000 yuan, and the service life is 10 years. And mid-range cars cost more than four times as much as comparable cars in the US.