Singapore's First Electric Car Sharing To Launch In December
BlueSG, the nationwide electric vehicle (EV) car-sharing programme, kicks off in December with 80 cars and 30 charging stations with a total of 120 charging points.
Of the 30 charging locations, 18 will be in HDB estates and 10 in the city centre and its fringes, while the remaining two stations will be in one-north and Science Park.
BlueSG, a subsidiary of French conglomerate Bollore Group, signed an agreement with the Land Transport Authority (LTA) and the Economic Development Board in June last year to develop an electric car-sharing programme that will see 1,000 electric cars being deployed in stages.
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Earlier, LTA said these charging stations will adopt the Type 2 charging standard, which is a European charging interface. This is compatible with both single-phase and three-phase power supplies, and will allow the public to tap on these stations if their own vehicles comply with such standards.
Blue Solutions is owned by Bollore.
The French capital has 4,000 Bluecars and 6,200 charging points. The EVs use a Bollore-produced lithium metal polymer (LMP) battery, which unlike a lithium-ion battery does not require a cooling system.
Bollore will bear the cost of the three-door four-seater cars, which retail for about 12,000 euros (S$19,137) without the battery, while the Singapore government will co-fund the charging infrastructure as Bollore has to hand it over at the end of its operating period.