Three organisations have also come on board to support the electric scooter programme by providing 'Greenlots' on their premises.

IKEA Singapore's two stores at Alexandra Road and Tampines now have a dedicated motorcycle lot just for electric vehicles.

Republic Polytechnic and Insead will follow suit soon.

Motorists can plug in their scooters at these lots and charge them for free.

The made-in-Germany scooters, which are brought in by Zeco Scooters, cost around $7,000 and have a top speed of 50km/h. There are eight orders so far.

For now they are not allowed on expressways but authorities will review the ban after a year.

Apart from being environmentally friendly, motorcyclists will save on petrol and maintenance costs.

Said managing director of Zeco Scooters, Mr Jan Croeni: 'It's a bit of a chicken and egg situation: If there is no infrastructure people are reluctant to buy the scooters. But without the scooters, organisations are hesitant to put in the infrastructure.'

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