The Land Transport Authority’s second major electric bus procurement contract drew a large number of hopeful bidders.
As part of LTA’s push to electrify Singapore’s public bus fleet, half of all public buses will be electric by 2030. The PT602 Procurement of Elecric Buses involves the acquisition of 660 electric buses, marking a significant step towards a cleaner energy bus fleet. This is also the first tender called for electric double-deck buses to have the three-door, two-staircase configuration, designed to enhance commuter flow.
The 660 buses comprise 360 single-deck buses and 300 double-deck buses, following the previous tender of 420 single-deck buses under Contract PT601 (Procurement of single deck electric buses).
A total of 21 companies submitted their bids at the tender’s closing on 26 June 2025. In addition to automotive brands like BYD, Volvo and Yutong, which tendered under their own names, others manufacturers are represented through local partners.
Tenderers
As per government procurement site GeBIZ:
| No. | Tenderer Name | Remarks |
| 1 | ABS BUS PTE. LTD. | |
| 2 | ALEXANDER DENNIS (SINGAPORE) SERVICES PTE. LTD. | |
| 3 | ALPINE MOTORS PTE LTD | |
| 4 | ASIA EVM PTE. LTD. | |
| 5 | BAMFORD BUS COMPANY LIMITED (TRADING AS WRIGHTBUS) | Consortium of 3 Companies |
| 6 | Beiqi Foton Motor Co., Ltd. | |
| 7 | BYD (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. | |
| 8 | CONSTRUCTIONS INDUSTRIELLES DE LA MEDITERRANEE – CNIM SINGAPORE PRIVATE LIMITED | |
| 9 | CYCLE & CARRIAGE AUTOMOTIVE PTE LIMITED | |
| 10 | EUROKARS CV PTE. LTD. | Consortium of 2 Companies |
| 11 | HIGER BUS COMPANY LIMITED | Consortium of 2 Companies |
| 12 | JBM ELECTRIC VEHICLES INTERNATIONAL PTE. LTD. | |
| 13 | Jeti Industries Ltd | |
| 14 | LIANNEX CORPORATION (S) PTE LTD | |
| 15 | SINGPILOT PTE. LTD. | |
| 16 | ST ENGINEERING MOBILITY SERVICES PTE. LTD. | |
| 17 | VOLVO GROUP SINGAPORE (PTE.) LTD. | |
| 18 | WEICHAI SINGAPORE PTE. LTD. | |
| 19 | WISDOM MOTOR GROUP PTE. LTD. | |
| 20 | Xiangyang Tenglong Automobile Company Limited | Consortium of 2 Companies |
| 21 | YUTONG INTERNATIONAL TRADE PTE. LTD. | Consortium of 2 Companies |
Compared to the previous tender (PT601), there are 11 new companies to the competition as colored in blue above. Among these newcomers is Alexander Dennis, which has a substantial operating fleet of Enviro500 buses in Singapore. The British bus and coach manufacturer currently has a product line of Enviro200EV and Enviro500EV buses, which are suited for Singapore’s operating environment.
In the list of 18 companies that participated in the previous tender, 10 companies have submitted their bid once again in the current tender, including the previous awardees BYD (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. and Cycle & Carriage Automotive Pte. Ltd. (partnered with Zhongtong Bus).
Gearing up towards this tender, bus manufacturers have designed double-deck electric buses for the Singapore market. 3 units were showcased at the LTA-UITP Singapore International Transport Congress & Exhibition (SITCE) last year: the BYD B12DS, Zhongtong LCK6126EVGS (N12D), and the CRRC eD12. Yutong has also unveiled a new-generation Yutong U12DD at its production facility in Zhengzhou, China, earlier last month.
However, 3 notable companies are missing from this round of bidding:
- Hong Seh Evolution Pte. Ltd. brought in a Ankai G9 electric bus for a LTA trial purposes. Its trial came to an abrupt end after being on the roads for 3 months, and the vehicle was subsequently listed on SGCarMart for sale.
- Lexbuild Motors Pte. Ltd. made headlines when it first unveiled its LexSWITCH E12 SD in Novemeber 2022, a 3-door electric bus with specification similar to other LTA trial buses. Despite the buzz, the bus was never registered.
- Scania Singapore Pte. Ltd. brought in a 2-door electric bus in 2023 fully decked out in LTA’s SG Bus livery, but the bus never made it to revenue service trials.
With the PT602 tender now underway, Singapore is one step closer to its goal of having half of its public bus fleet fully electric by 2030.
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I hope they don’t save money and splurge on European brands. Always looked forward to MAN buses
With your current acting TM in charge most probably all Chinese and only MAN(ST)..
Haiz true, i hate the way our government is moving to. 3 door buses.. 12m restriction still in place = less seats.
More of Alexander Dennis 3-Door please! Such a well configured bus for use right-hand-drive (RHD) nation!
Please, no more MAN 3-Doors! Such poorly configured bus. The 3rd Door exit is utterly hopeless. UNLESS, MAN reconfigures it’s driveline for RHD. Would they? I doubt so. Haha
Yes more of ADL 3 doors but again must be 12.5m not 12m.
What’s the difference between both buses?
That 0.5m extra can have extra 4 seats below and at least 4 upper deck..
Buy autonomous buses la better, can save money on drivers… Humans is getting greedier than ever.
The mechanical part of a conventional and autonomous buses are rather similar. The human part is being replaced by whole suite of electronics and computers and not forgetting, the cost of the bus. You pay human monthly salary to drive a bus. Companies paid MILLIONS upfront to develop an autonomous Bus and hoping, hoping, hoping someone will pay for the product. It’s rather “unfortunate” that it needs funding and that’s, TAX Payers money! The electricity that an Autonomous Bus uses is akin to human eating to live. How green is an Autonomous Bus? I believe the electrical power (super computer, powerful graphics card, powerful sensors, powerful intelligence; all these consumes Current, Power. You got to charge more, Eat more!) used far exceeds an electric bus.
Please reconsider an Autonomous Bus, autonomous stays in a factory.