Cars

Nissan inks deal to make cars by Chery at its UK plant

The factory in Sunderland could start producing the Chinese brand’s vehicles as soon as 2027

Ordinary people need cars. Yet, the fundamental flaw of the COE system is that it ignores this human element.
THINKING ALOUD

How to fix the COE system

What kind of COE you bid for should depend on what kind of person you are

Li Maozai behind the steering wheel of his Maextro S800, built by Huawei and JAC Motors, in Nanchang, China. At US$140,000, the car wasn’t cheap, but it was much less expensive than European luxury vehicles.

US$140,000 EVs and heritage gold: The rise of China’s homegrown luxury market

Consumers are increasingly turning to domestic products, challenging the dominance of long-established European brands

Toyota may be the world's biggest car company by volume, but it has hardly set the world of EVs alight, mainly because it has continued to bet heavily on hybrids such as the Vellfire Hybrid.
THINKING ALOUD

In the EV race, Japan’s most dangerous rival could be closer to home than China

Chinese carmakers may have pulled ahead in tech and value, but something else is holding the Japanese back

Toyota is expanding its electric model range with the (from left) BZ4X Touring and Urban Cruiser.

Toyota to launch its first mainstream EV in Singapore in Q3 2026

The Urban Cruiser will use a Category A COE; another SUV, the bZ4X Touring, will also hit the market

Demand for electric heavy commercial vehicles has driven the Certificate of Entitlement premium to new heights, say industry observers.

Commercial vehicle COE premium up 5.4% at record high of S$92,223

Category B hits a six-month high, while Category A is the only premium to dip

From left: Chua Chu Kang GRC MP Dr Choo Pei Ling; SP Mobility MD Dean Cher; and Senior Minister of State for Transport Sun Xueling at the event.

Singapore launches first EV fast-charging hub within an HDB car park at Tengah

The hub has 14 charging points, eight of which are fast-chargers capable of up to 100 kW of power output

Previous offers for Automobile Megamart's lease renewal had lapsed as the subsidiary proprietors failed to come to a consensus.

Car dealers submit S$68 million for renewal of Automobile Megamart’s lease

If successful, the site’s lease will be extended until the end of 2040

Singapore automotive portal UCars shuttered its office at 81 Ayer Rajah Crescent in late 2024.

Troubled platform UCars founded by group of dealers wound up on S$4 million debt

Winding up application filed on Feb 23 after previous legal tussles between company and its main shareholder

The penalties for keeping or using de-registered vehicles were recently increased in February.

3 to be charged in Singapore over use of de-registered vehicles 

The offences were committed between 2024 and 2025; two of them involved crossing land checkpoints