Private-hire operator in Singapore buys 500 electric cars

Private-hire operator SEV has ordered 500 BYD e6 electric cars. PHOTO: ST FILE
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SINGAPORE - Malaysian conglomerate Sime Darby has secured a deal to deliver 500 BYD e6 electric cars to a private-hire operator - its single biggest sale to date.

Estimated to be worth some $60 million, the contract is hot on the heels of a contract to deliver 100 e6 cars to taxi giant ComfortDelGro Corp that was secured earlier this month.

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