19 public carparks in Singapore now equipped with fast EV chargers
Rated at between 60kW and 120kW, the fast chargers can add as much as 100km of driving range to a typical EV in 10 minutes. PHOTO: ST FILE
SINGAPORE - The development of the Republic's public charging network for electric vehicles (EVs) has continued apace with the deployment of 38 fast chargers in 19 publicly accessible carparks.
The latest of these chargers , which started operating on April 28, have been installed at Fajar Shopping Centre in Bukit Panjang and Taman Jurong Shopping Centre in Jurong West.
This completes the roll-out of a batch of fast chargers that started in November 2024 with the ones at the Woodlands Civic Centre .
The carparks are mostly in Housing Board-owned commercial properties, other than Revenue House, which is owned by the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore.
They are found, among others, at 888 Plaza in Woodlands, Connection One in Bukit Merah, Dawson Place in Queenstown, Limbang Shopping Centre in Choa Chu Kang and Elias Mall in Pasir Ris.
EV-electric Charging, a subsidiary of the Land Transport Authority responsible for EV charging deployment, said this is part of the Government's plan to have 120 fast chargers at around 60 HDB carparks in commercial complexes, town and neighbourhood centres, and industrial premises owned by JTC Corporation.
No dates have been given on when this target will be achieved.
These are public carparks frequented by high-mileage EV users such as those driving taxis and private-hire cars.
HDB manages over 2,000 carparks in Singapore.
The 38 fast chargers that have been deployed are operated by ComfortDelGro-owned CDG Engie and Keppel-owned Volt Singapore, under a tender awarded in June 2024.
Rated at between 60kW and 120kW, they can add as much as 100km of driving range to a typical EV in 10 minutes. Depending on the operator and location, it costs between 65 cents and 73 cents for each kilowatt-hour to use them.
The rates exclude parking fees.
In contrast, the majority of chargers deployed in HDB carparks are rated at around 7.4kW, which are more suited for overnight charging.
It takes more than two hours to dispense the same amount of electricity as a 120kW fast charger will manage in 10 minutes. Slow chargers are priced between 60 cents and 73 cents per kilowatt-hour.
In a separate tender, 20 locations, mostly in industrial areas, will see fast chargers being rolled out progressively from end-2025. This, according to Ms Stephanie Tan, EV-electric's chief executive, is intended to support the electrification of commercial fleets.
Responding to a query by The Straits Times on future charger deployment plans at public carparks, a spokeswoman for EV-electric said that the company will take into consideration factors like EV adoption rate and demand for chargers to encourage and support electrification across different vehicle types.
The upcoming fast chargers will be operated by ST Engineering Urban Solutions and SP Mobility, a subsidiary of SP Group. The locations of the publicly accessible carparks are as follows:
20 Ayer Rajah Crescent
28 Ayer Rajah Crescent
55 Ayer Rajah Crescent
73 Ayer Rajah Crescent
Bulim Square
JTC Food Hub @ Senoko
JTC Launchpad @ One-North
JTC Logistics Hub @ Gul
JTC Space @ Ang Mo Kio
LTA Hampshire office
LTA Sin Ming office
Kranji Green
Oasis Jurong Island
Pandan Loop
Tai Seng Avenue
Tampines Industrial Park A
TimMac @ Kranji
Woodlands Link
Woodlands Loop
Woodlands North Coast
As at April, the population of electric cars in Singapore stands at 32,156 units, up from 26,225 in 2024 and 11,941 in 2023.
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