GetGo, Charge+ to provide shared EVs and charging points in 100 condos by 2025
The tie-up makes EVs more accessible to condo residents
GETGO and Charge+ have entered into a partnership to supply 100 condominiums in Singapore with shared electric vehicles (EVs) and charging stations by 2025.
In a joint statement on Monday (Jul 29), both parties said the collaboration would make EVs more accessible to condo residents.
It would also spur condo managements to install additional charging points in response to the growing number of EV drivers in their developments, and to provide access to GetGo’s shared EVs, the partners added.
Goh Chee Kiong, chief executive of Charge+, noted that the partnership would therefore cater to condo residents who do not own an EV, but want to use a sustainable transportation option.
Toh Ting Feng, chief executive and co-founder of GetGo, highlighted the growing demand for shared EV cars amid the evolution of Singapore’s transportation landscape.
Attitudes towards owning a car are changing among the younger generation, even as the EV charging infrastructure is developed, the companies noted.
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Citing a survey by The Straits Times published in 2022, GetGo and Charge+ said fewer people in Singapore now aspire to own a car because of the high costs, and also because of improvements to public transport and the rise of convenient and sustainable options such as car sharing.
GetGo and Charge+ said they would extend their car sharing and charging services to more condos across Singapore.
GetGo added that, from the fourth quarter of 2024, condo developers that have joined its scheme would be given secured access to the car sharing vehicles within their properties, so these would be for the exclusive use of the residents.
Developers with access to the shared EVs and charging points can also optimise their parking facilities and lot allocation by reducing the number of owned vehicles and carpark lots required, said both companies.
Early this month, Minister for Transport Chee Hong Tat said in Parliament that there were more than 7,100 EV charging points across Singapore today.
The aim is to hit the 60,000 mark by 2030.
The Land Transport Authority said in its website that achieving this would mean working with the private sector to have 40,000 charging points in public carparks and 20,000 more in private premises.
Every HDB town will be EV-ready by 2025, with about 2,000 carparks to be equipped with charging points.
Companies such as SingHealth and SP Group have also partnered each other to progressively install up to 300 EV charging points across SingHealth’s network of healthcare institutions by 2028.
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