Singapore has 30,500 EV charging points; deployment adjusted to serve new BTOs
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On the 60,000 target, 40,000 charging points will be in public carparks and 20,000 in private premises.
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- Singapore had 30,500 EV charging points by March 2026, targeting 60,000 by 2030. Deployment starts earlier for new flat residents now.
- Tengah estate shows 61% peak EV charger utilisation, highest among housing estates (36% average). Chargers comply with strict fire safety codes.
- 7% of HDB carparks lack EV chargers due to technical issues. Owners can transfer season parking to nearby equipped carparks at the same rate.
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SINGAPORE – The Republic is on track to have 60,000 electric vehicle (EV) charging points by 2030, with around 30,500 in operation at the end of March in tandem with the growing demand for EVs.
Taking into account feedback from residents, EV chargers will be deployed at carparks as residents start to collect the keys to their new Build-To-Order flats. This enables them to access the chargers earlier. This took effect in April.
This update was given by Senior Minister of State for Transport Sun Xueling in Parliament on May 6, in response to a question by Dr Choo Pei Ling (Chua Chu Kang GRC) about the deployment of charging infrastructure, particularly in new housing estates.
Previously, chargers were deployed only after the town council took over the electrical infrastructure from HDB, a spokeswoman for EV-Electric Charging, the LTA subsidiary responsible for charger roll-out, told The Straits Times in response to queries. This could be several months after residents collected their keys.
On the 60,000 target, Ms Sun said 40,000 charging points will be in public carparks and 20,000 on private premises. By the end of 2027, every HDB town will have at least one fast-charging hub.
She said the Land Transport Authority (LTA) coordinates with agencies such as the Energy Market Authority, Housing Board and industrial developer JTC Corporation to install chargers and the infrastructure required to power them.
For carparks with higher demand for chargers, Ms Sun said LTA works with EV charger operators to deploy more chargers, if there is sufficient electrical capacity to do so.
Specific to the new Tengah housing estate, she said eight multi-storey carparks are in the process of getting EV chargers, in addition to the two already equipped with them.
Dr Choo had said EV owners living in Tengah have asked for charging points to be closer to their homes, while non-EV owners said that they are waiting for charging infrastructure to become more accessible before making the switch to EVs.
In a written reply on May 5 to a parliamentary question from Mr Melvin Yong (Radin Mas) about EV charger utilisation rates, Acting Transport Minister Jeffrey Siow said EV chargers in Tengah had the highest utilisation rate among HDB estates.
In February, EV chargers in Tengah HDB carparks recorded an average utilisation rate of 61 per cent during their peak three-hour periods, Mr Siow said. The average across all HDB carparks was 36 per cent.
When it comes to planning EV charger installation, Mr Siow said factors like the availability of parking spaces and whether there are charging options nearby are considered, in addition to utilisation rates and whether there is sufficient electrical supply.
In another written response to Workers’ Party MP He Ting Ru (Sengkang GRC) about charger deployment, Mr Siow said that as at March, 139 HDB carparks – representing 7 per cent of the total – do not have EV chargers.
This is due to technical constraints like insufficient electrical power or requests from the community to delay deployment. He said EV owners who use such carparks can transfer their season parking to nearby HDB carparks with chargers at the same season-parking rate.
Electric cars accounted for 57.6 per cent of new car registrations in the first three months of 2026, the first time that EVs outnumbered combustion and hybrid models in Singapore. This is a leap from the 45 per cent recorded in 2025, 18.1 per cent in 2023 and 11.7 per cent in 2022.
In Parliament on May 6, Ms Yeo Wan Ling (Punggol GRC) also asked about the safety measures in place at HDB carparks in the event of EVs or chargers catching fire.
In response, Mr Alvin Tan, Minister of State for National Development, said that other than the carparks complying with the prevailing fire safety codes laid out by the Singapore Civil Defence Force, EV chargers follow the standards set out in the Technical Reference 25, which governs the technical and safety requirements for EV charging systems in Singapore.
