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Implications, context, and why it matters.

Singapore’s EV roadmap includes light-vehicle incentives and emerging heavy-duty measures ramping up from 2026

• Light-vehicle perks such as the EV Early Adoption Incentive and the Enhanced Vehicular Emissions Scheme can cut an electric car’s upfront price by up to $40,000 1.
• Heavy Vehicle Zero Emissions Scheme (HVZES) offers $40,000 from January 2026 for zero-tailpipe-emissions heavy goods vehicles or buses 1. Land Transport Authority (LTA) also launched the Electric Heavy Vehicle Charger Grant (EHVCG) to support heavy-vehicle charging 1.
• From January 2026, EHVCG will co-fund up to 50% of install costs for the first 500 private heavy-vehicle chargers, with a cap of $30,000 per charger 12. The Government targets at least 60,000 EV chargers by 2030 12.
• Nanyang Technological University (NTU) and Elonroad are piloting automatic charging for heavy-duty and logistics fleets, which need different infrastructure than passenger vehicles.

Electrical contractors and charging operators can get in early for heavy-fleet electrification projects at Singapore’s logistics hubs

• Industrial areas such as Kranji Loop, Gul Circle, and Bulim Lane will get at least 36 50 kW direct current (DC) fast chargers by 2026 to support commercial fleets in logistics zones 2.
• Charge+ (a Singapore EV charging operator) works with fleets including DHL, FedEx, SingPost and UPS on electrification programmes so demand exists now 3.
• ST Engineering Urban Solutions Ltd (an urban mobility-infrastructure unit of ST Engineering) and SP Mobility Pte Ltd (the EV charging business of utility SP Group) won EVe’s second tender (a public tender program for EV charging deployment) to roll out mostly fast chargers at public carparks in industrial areas 4.
• Power electronics makers with charge-management software providers can stand out with automatic charging systems. NTU and Elonroad have tested such systems to improve energy use for high-utilization commercial fleets.