Road to electrification still bumpy

The road to cleaner transport is filled with mixed signs. ST PHOTO: KUA CHEE SIONG
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SINGAPORE - Singapore has a heady multi-component vehicular tax structure. With electric cars, more ingredients are added to the complex brew.

I suspect no other country has attempted to emulate us because no one has managed to wrap their head around the myriad of acroynms and terminology which continues to confound even the locals.

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