Summary/Reader Response Draft #3: Electric vehicles in Singapore (a)
The article "Electric vehicles will take over Singapore. But here's what must happen first" by Kuttan (2020) mentions about Singapore’s ambitions for a greener country, issues that may be faced and possible solutions to these problems. He mentioned that Singapore has set a goal to retire internal combustion engine vehicles for 2040 and to make way for electric vehicles(EVs). The article mentioned that rewards have been put out to attract more people to switch to electric vehicles. However, he pointed out that there are challenges like meeting the demand for EVs in Singapore. Besides this, he mentioned that ensuring sufficient charging points would also be an issue in the future. The article stated that persons of authorities have planned to work with private organisations to tackle this problem. High numbers of vehicles in Singapore leave behind a large carbon footprint. Hence, he pointed out that this plan to electrify the public transport system is to reduce the carbo...