Singapore to ban new diesel cars, taxis from 1 Jan 2025

Singapore will halt new registrations for diesel cars and taxis, and subject existing diesel cars to higher road taxes from 1 January 2025.

The move is part of Singapore's vision for all vehicles to run on cleaner energy by 2040, the city-state's Land Transport Authority said on 10 July.

New diesel car and taxi registrations currently remain below 1pc, as they have since 2021, said LTA. All new cars and taxis registered in Singapore must be of cleaner energy models from 2030, and such cleaner energy models include electric, hybrid or hydrogen fuel cell cars.

Diesel cars and taxis make up about 2pc of the city-state's motor vehicle population, and about 12pc of all diesel-powered vehicles at 19,972, with the remaining comprising buses, as well as goods vehicles and other vehicles, latest LTA statistics showed.

The country is also expected to replace its diesel-powered public buses with electric buses to make up half of the country's public bus fleet by 2030, according to the LTA.

By Cara Wong