{"id":5096,"date":"2016-07-26T20:25:03","date_gmt":"2016-07-26T12:25:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/07\/26\/singapore-tests-out-petrol-free-future-with-new-all-electric-taxi-company\/"},"modified":"2016-07-26T20:25:03","modified_gmt":"2016-07-26T12:25:03","slug":"singapore-tests-out-petrol-free-future-with-new-all-electric-taxi-company","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/07\/26\/singapore-tests-out-petrol-free-future-with-new-all-electric-taxi-company\/","title":{"rendered":"Singapore tests out petrol-free future with new, all-electric taxi company"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Https%3a%2f%2fblueprint-api-production.s3.amazonaws.com%2fuploads%2fcard%2fimage%2f156678%2fap_130515110224\" src=\"http:\/\/i.amz.mshcdn.com\/rsOjnWC2MmV9PTx5NO7bGDNXrjA=\/575x323\/https%3A%2F%2Fblueprint-api-production.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fcard%2Fimage%2F156678%2FAP_130515110224.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"float: right;width: 50px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?via=Mashable&amp;text=Singapore+tests+out+petrol-free+future+with+new%2C+all-electric+taxi+company&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2016%2F07%2F26%2Felectric-taxi-singapore%2F%3Futm_campaign%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial%26utm_cid%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\" style=\"margin: 10px\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Feed-tw\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/a.amz.mshcdn.com\/assets\/feed-tw-f7c0a094d16b7ee7c91a1e50839a8e00.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2016%2F07%2F26%2Felectric-taxi-singapore%2F%3Futm_campaign%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial%26utm_cid%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;src=sp\" style=\"margin: 10px\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Feed-fb\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/a.amz.mshcdn.com\/assets\/feed-fb-c0a21e8841794479b8086c32c6f24ba1.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>SINGAPORE \u2014 By the start of 2017, 100 electric taxis will run on Singapore&#8217;s roads, helping the government sort out what the country needs to do for a greener, emissions-free future.<\/p>\n<p>The new fleet will be run by a new, sixth cab company here called HDT Singapore Taxi.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2016\/06\/20\/acura-nsx-4-motor-concept\/\">Acura&#8217;s all-electric NSX concept is more advanced than a Tesla<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Local reports say the government plans to <a href=\"http:\/\/news.asiaone.com\/news\/transport\/new-taxi-operator-all-electric-fleet-hit-singapores-roads-september\">collect &#8220;real-life&#8221; data<\/a> from the fleet of 100 taxis, in order to help it study whether electric vehicles can be commercially feasible in future.<\/p>\n<p>This is expected to cover questions about infrastructure, such as how many charging stations are necessary across the island and where. <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2016\/07\/26\/electric-taxi-singapore\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>More about <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/singapore\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Singapore<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/byd\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Byd<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/electric-vehicles\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Electric Vehicles<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/world\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">World<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/transportation\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Transportation<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/Mashable\/~4\/7JhsIcQ-1JE\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SINGAPORE \u2014 By the start of 2017, 100 electric taxis will run on Singapore&#8217;s roads, helping the government sort out what the country needs to do for a greener, emissions-free future. The new fleet will be run by a new, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/07\/26\/singapore-tests-out-petrol-free-future-with-new-all-electric-taxi-company\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":115,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[3943,1735,1105,907,1112],"class_list":["post-5096","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-other","tag-byd","tag-electric-vehicles","tag-singapore","tag-transportation","tag-world"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5096","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/115"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5096"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5096\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5096"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5096"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5096"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}