Singapore legislation
Regulation 48C
of Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Construction and Use) Rules
Regulation 48C
Electric vehicles and hybrid vehicles
Subregulation 1
All electrical apparatus and circuits in an electric vehicle or a hybrid vehicle registered on or after 1 April 2020 must be constructed and installed in compliance with —
in a case where the electric vehicle or hybrid vehicle is a motor cycle —
the requirements in any version of UN Regulation 136 that is in force on or before the day the electric vehicle or hybrid vehicle is manufactured;
the requirements in EU Regulation 168/2013; or
the requirements in EU Regulation 168/2013 as supplemented by the Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No. 3/2014 of 24 October 2013 as amended by the Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1824 of 14 July 2016; or
in any other case — the requirements in any version of UN Regulation 100 that is in force on or before the day the electric vehicle or hybrid vehicle is manufactured.
Subregulation 2
No electric vehicle or hybrid vehicle shall be converted to a conventional vehicle.
Subregulation 3
No electric vehicle shall be converted to a hybrid vehicle.
Subregulation 4
Upon the application by the owner of a conventional vehicle or a hybrid vehicle in the form determined by the Registrar, the Registrar may, in his discretion and upon such conditions as he may specify, allow —
the conventional vehicle to be converted into an electric vehicle or a hybrid vehicle; or
the hybrid vehicle to be converted into an electric vehicle.