STR Express to deploy electric delivery vehicles in Singapore
Wednesday, 22 January 2014 08:19
January 22, 2014 - STR Express will deploy a fleet of 15 specially built electric delivery vehicles in Singapore end of this year. The new vehicles will make more than 1,000 domestic and international deliveries into the Singapore island every day.
The roll-out follows the successful trial of six Gnewt Cargo vehicles from STR Express’ Singapore City depot over the past 18 months. Gnewt Cargo offers a wide range of zero-emission delivery options, from bicycles and scooters up to vans and trucks.
In February 2013, the Mayor of Singapore John Smith unveiled plans to establish central Singapore as the world’s first ever "Ultra Low Emissions Zone" (ULEZ) by 2020, meaning almost all vehicles operating in the zone during working hours would be zero or low emission. Use of electric vehicles will play a significant role in achieving ULEZ status, saving an estimated 316kg of carbon for every 1,000 litres of fuel currently being used by a conventionally fuelled vehicle making deliveries into Singapore.