: FYI - a greener vehicles activity occuring in Singapore :
:
: : SUBJECT: IMI - REBATES FOR GREEN VEHICLES
: : INTERNATIONAL COPYRIGHT, U.S. & FOREIGN COMMERCIAL
: : SERVICE AND U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, 2001. ALL RIGHTS
: : RESERVED OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES.
: :
: : SUMMARY
: : 1. MOTORISTS WHO DECIDE TO "GO GREEN", BY BUYING
: : COSTLIER ENVIRONMENTALLY-FRIENDLY CARS, WILL GET
: : GOVERNMENT HELP FROM JANUARY 2001 IN THE FORM OF
: : REBATES. THE REBATES ARE BEING RECOMMENDED BY AN
: : INTER-AGENCY GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE THAT IS EXAMINING
: : WAYS OF PROMOTING ENERGY-EFFICIENT VEHICLES.
: :
: : 2. THE MOVE TO ENCOURAGE MOTORISTS TO GO GREEN IS
: : PART OF THE GOVERNMENT'S EFFORTS TO BATTLE
: : POLLUTION, ESPECIALLY FROM SMOKY VEHICLES THAT ARE
: : MAINLY DIESEL-POWERED. THE GOVERNMENT HAS ALSO
: : LAUNCHED A VOLUNTARY CERTIFICATION SCHEME FOR
: : SHOPS SERVICING DIESEL VEHICLES SO AS TO ENSURE
: : BETTER QUALITY. IN ADDITION, A LOCAL FIRM HAS BEEN
: : SELECTED TO TEST A NEW METHOD OF IMPROVING THE
: : ACCURACY OF MEASURING SMOKE IN EXHAUST FUMES FOR
: : DIESEL VEHICLES.
: :
: : BACKGROUND
: : 3. SOME 750 DIESEL VEHICLES ARE TICKETED OR REPORTED
: : FOR SMOKE EMISSIONS EVERY MONTH IN SINGAPORE. IN
: : MANY CASES, IT IS THE REPAIR SHOPS THAT MAINTAIN
: : THEM THAT ARE TO BLAME. SIX SHOPS HAVE ALREADY
: : SIGNED UP FOR THE NEW PLAN WHERE PROPER TRAINING
: : AND MAINTENANCE TECHNIQUES WILL BE PROVIDED.
: :
: : 4. CURRENTLY, VEHICLE EXHAUST IS TESTED WHILE THE
: : ENGINE IS IDLE, BUT A NEW SYSTEM KNOWN AS CHASSIS
: : DYNAMOMETER SMOKE TEST WILL BE ABLE TO CALCULATE THE
: : EXHAUST EMISSIONS IN SIMULATED DRIVING CONDITIONS.
: : FROM JANUARY 2001, THE GOVERNMENT WILL FURTHER
: : TIGHTEN EMISSION STANDARDS.
: :
: : 5. IT IS, THEREFORE, TIMELY THAT GREEN VEHICLES ARE
: : BEING PROMOTED. BUYERS OF ELECTRIC AND HYBRID CARS
: : - WHICH RUN ON PETROL AS WELL AS ELECTRICITY - WILL
: : BE ENTITLED TO ONE-TIME AS WELL AS YEARLY ROAD-TAX
: : REBATES FOR THREE YEARS. OWNERS WILL GET ROAD TAX
: : REBATES OF 10FOR HYBRID CARS AND 20FOR ELECTRIC
: : ONES. FOR ELECTRIC CARS, ROAD TAX WILL BE BASED ON
: : THE MAXIMUM MOTOR POWER RATING AS SPECIFIED BY THE
: : MANUFACTURER. HYBRID CARS WHICH HAVE BOTH
: : CONVENTIONAL ENGINES AND ELECTRIC MOTORS WILL HAVE
: : THEIR ROAD TAX CALCULATED BASED ON BOTH THE ENGINE
: : CAPACITY AND MAXIMUM MOTOR POWER. THE ROAD TAX
: : PAYABLE WOULD BE THE HIGHER OF THE TWO.
: :
: : 6. RECENT SURVEYS ON CAR-OWNERS INDICATE A MIXED
: : RESPONSE TO THE INTRODUCTION OF GREEN VEHICLES DUE,
: : PRIMARILY, TO THE PRICE FACTOR. WITH TECHNOLOGY
: : MOVING AT SUCH A FAST PACE, IT IS, HOWEVER, POSSIBLE
: : THAT BY 2003, THE POPULARITY OF GREEN VEHICLES IN
: : MANY PARTS OF THE WORLD MAY HAVE TAKEN OFF. THE COST
: : OF OWNING SUCH A VEHICLE WOULD PRESUMABLY BE
: : COMPARABLE TO THAT OF A CONVENTIONAL VEHICLE. THE
: : GOVERNMENT WILL THEN DECIDE WHETHER TO CONTINUE
: : REBATES.
: :
: : FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES
: : 7. ONE OF THE FIRST GREEN CARS LIKELY TO BENEFIT
: : WILL BE THE TOYOTA PRIUS, THE WORLD'S FIRST MASS-
: : PRODUCED HYBRID CAR WHICH RUNS ON BOTH A PETROL
: : ENGINE AND AN ELECTRIC MOTOR. SINGAPORE MAY BE THE
: : FIRST ASIAN COUNTRY OUTSIDE JAPAN TO GET THE PRIUS,
: : BUT EVEN WITH REBATES, IT WILL EASILY COST THREE
: : TIMES MORE MONEY TO BUY ONE HERE. THE PRICE TAG OF A
: : 1.5-LITER PRIUS IN JAPAN IS AROUND US$18,000.
: :
: : 8. U.S. FIRMS INTERESTED IN OBTAINING MORE
: : INFORMATION SHOULD CONTACT:
: : MR. CHAN YIU KEI
: : DIRECTOR
: : U.S.-ASIA ENVIRONMENTAL PARTNERSHIP
: : C/O AMERICAN EMBASSY
: : 27 NAPIER ROAD
: : SINGAPORE 25B508
: : TEL :(65) 476-9026
: : FAX :(65) 476-9311
: : EMAIL :[EMAIL PROTECTED]
: :
: : (FCS/USAEP:CHAN YIU KEI)
: : GREEN
: :
: :
: :
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