Motor Mouth: Clearing the air on cleaner energy vehicles

About 30 per cent of new cars registered in first two months of 2024 were EVs, up to 18 per cent for whole of 2023. PHOTO: ST FILE
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SINGAPORE – In the first two months of 2024, 30 per cent of new cars registered were electric vehicles (EVs) and another 50 per cent were hybrids. That makes up a whopping 80 per cent of so-called “cleaner energy vehicles”.

The figures were revealed in Parliament on March 5 by Transport Minister Chee Hong Tat, in response to questions by MP Poh Li San (Sembawang GRC).

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