Vehicular Emissions Scheme

From January 1 to June 30, 2018, the Land Transport Authority introduced the Vehicle Emissions Scheme (VES) to cover the following:

From July 1 to December 31, 2020, particulate matter (PM) was also introduced. The worst performing pollutant determines the vehicle’s band and its corresponding VES rebate or surcharge. If the vehicle uses a port-fuel injection engine, and does not have a PM value, it will be automatically assigned the maximum VES surcharge band, regardless of the vehicle’s emissions of other pollutants. The table below shows VES rebate/surcharge amounts based on a vehicle’s band.

For electric vehicles or plug-in hybrid electric vehicles registered between July 1, 2017 a