6.6. Singapore
Since January 2001, all petrol- and diesel-driven vehicles are
required to comply with the Euro 2 (European Commission (EC)
Directive 96/69/EC) exhaust emission standards in Singapore. Starting
from 1st July 2003, all motorcycles/scooters are required to
comply with the exhaust emission standard as specified in EC Directive
97/24/EC before they can be registered for use in Singapore.
From 1st October 2006, all new diesel vehicles are required to comply
with the Euro IV emission standard. All taxis will be of Euro IV
standard by 2014, while all public buses will only be so in 2023
[71].
In 2003, Singapore launched a voluntary Fuel Economy Labelling
Scheme (FELS) to provide fuel economy information for buyers of
passenger cars as presented in Fig. 12 [12,72,73]. By the end of 2007,
vehicle modes which provide fuel economy information were still
less than 20% [12]. From April 2009, it was made mandatory for car
retailers to display fuel economy labels on cars in their showrooms
[73]. In an effort to improve the scheme, fuel economy labelling was
made mandatory for passenger cars as motor vehicles (not being
second-hand goods) constructed for the carriage of [12]:
(i) Not more than 7 passengers (exclusive of the driver) and having
an unladen mass not exceeding 3000 kg.
(ii) Goods and having an unladen mass not exceeding 2500 kg were
included as “registrable goods” under the Environmental Protection
and Management Act (EPMA) which are goods which
are covered by the mandatory energy labelling.