SMRT bus at Admiralty MRT Station. (Yahoo! Photo)
Commuters in Singapore may soon travel on buses and taxis powered
by electricity.
This after SMRT
International Pte Ltd signed a Memorandum of Understanding
with BYD
Company Limited on Thursday to discuss the possibility of
developing, distributing and selling electric vehicles.
This initiative is in line with SMRT's commitment to environmental
sustainability.
"In our day-to-day operations at SMRT, we look into air, water and
energy management diligently," said SMRT executive vice-president,
Teo Chew Hoon, in a statement.
"To further promote better air quality, we are exploring the use of
electric vehicles in our bus and taxi fleet and are pleased to
annouce our MOU with BYD, one of the world's leading green
technology companies," Teo added.
In May 2008, SMRT acquired environmentally-friendly Euro V
compliant buses and started trials for two environmetally-friendly
buses in January this year. The two buses are the German-made MAN
A22 Euro V bus and its first diesel-electric hybrid bus made by
China's Zhong Tong.
