Sun may be setting on small Singapore motor workshops as more EVs take hold

AS SINGAPORE’S automotive landscape moves towards electric vehicles (EVs), which require less maintenance, smaller workshops may face less demand.

But their ability to supply services is also being threatened – due not to a lack of technology or EV-related training, but a lack of technicians.

Michael Keh, a representative of the Singapore Motor Workshop Association (SMWA), told The Business Times that in the longer term, smaller workshops “might slowly die out”.