Over the past four months, the Republic has added over 4,000 new electric vehicle (EV) charging points, bringing the total number to 34,700, the Land Transport Authority (LTA) announced on World EV Day (Sept 9).
This, as the EV population reached 82,100-mark in August — up from the 57,200 in 2025.
In the first eight months of 2026, EVs made up 63 per cent of new car registrations, up from 45 per cent last year, data from LTA showed.
In a parliamentary reply on May 6, Senior Minister of State for Transport Sun Xueling said in a reply to Choa Chu Kang GRC MP Dr Choo Pei Ling that that more than 30,500 of the planned 60,000 charging points — 40,000 charging points in public carparks and 20,000 in private premises — have been completed.
She added that LTA monitors EV adoption rates closely and coordinates with agencies such as the Energy Market Authority, Housing and Development Board and JTC to deploy EV chargers and key supporting infrastructure.
There are also plans to ensure that every HDB town will have at least one fast charging hub by the end of 2027.
Such hubs will have at least six or eight 50kW charging points, which are expected to add around 100km of operating range to most EV models after charging for about 30 minutes.
From Jan 1 next year, the EV early adoption incentive, which provides an Additional Registration Fee rebate off newly-registered cars and taxis, will cease.
It is currently capped at $7,500.
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