Maxxtotal 1st Gear February 9, 2010 Share February 9, 2010 (edited) EVEN as the wheels are in motion to get Singapore's maiden fleet of electric cars on the road, the Economic Development Board (EDB) is hoping that other 'green' vehicles will follow suit. It is proposing that sizeable tax breaks be extended, for a start, to plug-in hybrids. Plug-in hybrids are vehicles with combustion engines as well as motors powered by batteries which can be recharged via an electrical socket. Typically, they can run on battery power for a far longer distance than ordinary hybrids, which have an electric engine charged by an internal combustion engine. The batteries of the plug-in hybrids are recharged by the car's engine as well as its brakes. Such plug-ins are seen as environmentally friendlier than ordinary hybrids, which are currently accorded a 40 per cent reduction in Additional Registration Fee (ARF) - the main car tax. The Straits Times understands that the proposal is for plug-ins to be accorded the same tax break as the Energy Market Authority's fleet of trial electric cars, which are exempt from the ARF and Certificate of Entitlement. An EDB spokesman would say only that the board is 'in the process of working on enhancing' the Transport Technology Innovation and Development Scheme. Test cars brought into Singapore under the scheme wear blue-and-yellow number plates for research vehicles. Fleets in the past have included Daimler's hydrogen fuel-cell A-class cars; Honda Civic Hybrids used in a car-sharing scheme; and diesel cars running on a biodiesel blend. As plug-in hybrids are not commercially available until next year or 2012, the EDB is said to be arranging for hybrids in Singapore to be converted into plug-ins. On this front, Singapore has pledged to cut carbon dioxide emissions by 12 million tonnes by 2020. About two million tonnes of that will have to be cut from the transport sector, the largest carbon emitter after industry. Some motor traders feel the most effective way of achieving this cut is to promote clean diesel vehicles and hybrids. The Automobile Importer & Exporter Association of Singapore is lobbying to remove the ARF for hybrid vehicles and Euro 4 diesel commercial vehicles till the end of next year, when the Government is expected to announce a new carbon-based vehicle tax structure. News source Straits Times via http://wildsingaporenews.blogspot.com/2010...eener-cars.html ====================================================== If the above in bold is really going to happen, I will wait one more year and change to some green cars...plugin, hybrid or diesel! Edited February 9, 2010 by Maxxtotal ↡ Advertisement Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkblue 1st Gear February 9, 2010 Share February 9, 2010 Ya.. better do something about it The tax structure is ancient liao.... best to tax by CO2 emissions Increase fines and tax for diesels that do not have proper maintenance causing black smoke and soot... ↡ Advertisement Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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