19 Electric Highway Patrol Cars To Be Rolled Out From Second Half Of Year

Singapore Police Force Will Be First Home Team Department To Use EVs In Its Operations

- Lee Nian Tjoe

A fleet of 19 high-performance electric vehicles (EVs) will be progressively introduced to the Traffic Police's Expressway Patrol Car fleet from the second half of 2025.

These are specially ordered Polestar 2 EVs that are adapted to be highway patrol cars following a tender called in 2023 to add EVs to the existing fleet.

With the new vehicles, the Singapore Police Force becomes the first Home Team department to use EVs in its operations.

The Polestar 2 has faster acceleration than the existing BMW 325d and Volvo S80 models used by the Traffic Police, taking 4.5 seconds to get to 100kmh from rest - more than three seconds quicker than the Volvo S80. Its top speed is lower, at 205kmh, while the BMW maxes out at 245kmh.

Expressway patrol cars are used to show police presence, attend to accidents on the road and help drivers in distress, and take traffic enforcement measures against errant motorists, according to Assistant Superintendent Sam Tai, the deputy officer in charge of the Traffic Police's Special Operations Team. He was addressing the media at a preview of the new vehicle's features held at the Traffic Police headquarters at 10 Ubi Avenue on April 10.