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First 10 electric double-decker buses hit the roads in Singapore source: https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/transport/first-10-electric-double-decker-buses-hit-the-roads-in-spore Quieter, greener vehicles part of plan for all public buses to run on cleaner energy by 2040 Singapore has taken another step in its move to reduce the carbon footprint of public transport, with the deployment of the first 10 fully-electric double-decker buses yesterday. The buses will ply the roads on service 983 in Choa Chu Kang, service 189 in Bukit Batok and Clementi, and service 83 in Punggol and Sengkang, and may be redeployed to other bus routes later. The vehicles, supplied by the Chinese Yutong-Nari consortium, are said to be more environmentally friendly, quieter and more user-friendly than conventional buses that run on diesel. However, the new buses cost up to twice that of conventional diesel buses. The Land Transport Authority (LTA) said it hopes the cost will come down over time with changes in technology and wider adoption. At a formal unveiling of the buses yesterday, Senior Minister of State for Transport Chee Hong Tat said Singapore remains open to new technology and is "not in a rush" to commit to anyone technology or model. "We are doing it because it is better for the environment and this is an initial step to a greener future. We will have more options to choose from when technology progresses," he said. He added that there was no fixed sum that the Government had allocated to replace conventional diesel buses. "What we have done instead is to set ourselves a goal by 2040," he said. The plan is to have all of Singapore's 5,800 public buses run on cleaner energy by 2040. The 10 buses join 15 electric single-decker buses that have already been deployed between April and July.