Electric buses and taxis by SMRT in the future?
Commuters in Singapore may soon travel on buses and taxis powered by electricity.
This after SMRT International Pte Ltd signed a Memorandum of Understanding with BYD Company Limited on Thursday to discuss the possibility of developing, distributing and selling electric vehicles.
This initiative is in line with SMRT's commitment to environmental sustainability.
"In our day-to-day operations at SMRT, we look into air, water and energy management diligently," said SMRT executive vice-president, Teo Chew Hoon, in a statement.
"To further promote better air quality, we are exploring the use of electric vehicles in our bus and taxi fleet and are pleased to annouce our MOU with BYD, one of the world's leading green technology companies," Teo added.
In May 2008, SMRT acquired environmentally-friendly Euro V compliant buses and started trials for two environmetally-friendly buses in January this year. The two buses are the German-made MAN A22 Euro V bus and its first diesel-electric hybrid bus made by China's Zhong Tong.
