Dirty heavy goods vehicles drive roughshod over emission policies
Current rebates and surcharges apply only to light goods vehicles, but not heavier, more polluting ones
SINGAPORE is among the world leaders in adopting electric light goods vehicles (LGVs) – thanks to effective emissions incentives. But the absence of such initiatives for diesel-powered heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) seems to encourage growth of the latter.
Passing the buck
Introduced in 2021, the Commercial Vehicle Emissions Scheme (CVES) encourages the adoption of less-polluting light goods vehicles by categorising vehicles into bands according to their level of pollution. These bands come with different tiers of rebates and surcharges.
Since April 2023, cleaner vehicles are categorised into Band A (S$15,000 rebate), B (S$5,000 rebate) and less clean vehicles, in Band C, face a S$15,000 surcharge.
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