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Critical Reflection

It has been an enjoyable journey since the first lesson of effective communication. This module allows me to have the opportunity to strengthen my English. At the start of this module, I was tasked to set a goal. My goal is to improve on my grammar, letter writing, and able to identify errors within statements. Now that this module is coming to an end, I feel that I have achieved my goals. My three main takeaways would be as follow. Firstly, learning effective communication has allowed me to gained knowledge in writing a clear and concise thesis statement. I feel that this is something new that I have never learned before. Secondly, I have gained knowledge on how to apply APA style for references and in-text citations so that I would be able to use the correct way for citation in a professional report. Lastly, I have learned to write meeting minutes in this module, which would benefit me in the future. To add on, learning this module also allows me to interact more with my classmates,
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Annotated Summary

Bjerkan, K., Nørbech, T., & Nordtømme, M. (2016). Incentives for promoting Battery Electric Vehicle (BEV) adoption in Norway. Transportation Research Part D: Transport And Environment, 43, 169-180. doi: 10.1016/j.trd.2015.12.002 This article focuses on describing the role of incentives in promoting battery electric vehicles (BEVs). The authors mention that the role of incentives placed a significant part in the adoption of internal combustion engine vehicles (ICEVs)in the past and it could be the key factor for the adoption of BEVs. Comparing the ICEVs, BEV is a new technology to the consumers and the main concerns for consumers to purchase BEVs would be the price and lack of knowledge on BEVs. The article mentions that most research on incentives for EV adoption was related to taxation and financial incentives. For example, BEVs were not liable for paying multiple taxation schemes such as vehicle registration tax, which would allow the consumer to save a considerable amount of
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#Draft 3 Technical Report

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Introduction 1.1 Background  According to the report ‘Incentives for Electric Vehicles in Norway‘, Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU) (2018) had introduced different ways to incentivize motorists who choose to use electric vehicles. Some of the incentives that the government has implemented were an exemption from registration tax, low annual tax, free municipal parking, having access to bus lanes, and many more. In Norway, the most important incentives would be financial incentives. The total cost of ownership of Plug-In Electric Vehicles(PEVs) is much lower as compared to the Internal Combustion Engine(ICEs). Based on the report, a study led by Haugneland, Lorentzen, Bu, & Hauge (2017) has shown that the main reason consumers will consider purchasing EVs is to save money with the different incentives provided by the government. Other studies based on surveys conducted for consumers had shown that operational cost and upfront investm
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#DRAFT 2 Technical Report

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Introduction 1.1 Background Land Transport Authority (LTA), released a yearly vehicle statistic in 2018 regarding the motor vehicle population in Singapore along with the types of fuel used by the vehicles as shown in Figure 1. The statistics showed clearly that over the past 10 years, there is only a slight increase in the electric vehicles(EVs) population while petroleum, diesel and petrol-electric operated cars increased largely. With the growing amount of fuel consuming vehicles, the consumption of oil in Singapore has also increased greatly over the past 10 years. According to Census and Economic Information Center(CEIC) data, it was reported that Singapore’s Oil consumption was 1,448.792 Barrel/Day in December 2018 which is 2.1 percent more than that in Dec 2017 as shown in Figure 2. Singapore’s Oil Consumption data was updated annually, with an average of 457.718 Barrel/Day from Dec 1965 to 2018. This means that a vehicle is consuming at least 166,805 Barrels/Year. Howev
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#DRAFT1 Technical Report "Introduction"

Introduction 1.1 Background Land Transport Authority (LTA) released a yearly vehicle statistic in 2018 regarding the motor vehicle population in Singapore along with the types of fuel used by the vehicles as shown in Figure 1. The statistics showed clearly that over the past 10 years, there is only a slight increase in the electric vehicles(EVs) population while petroleum, diesel and petrol-electric operated cars increased largely. With the growing amount of fuel consuming vehicles, the consumption of oil in Singapore has also increased greatly over the past 10 years. According to Census and Economic Information Center(CEIC) data (2019), Singapore’s oil consumption was 1,448.792 barrel/day in December 2018 which is 2.1 percent more than that in Dec 2017 as shown in Figure 2. Singapore’s oil Consumption data was updated annually, with an average of 457.718 barrel/day from Dec 1965 to 2018. This means that a vehicle are consuming at least 166,805 Barrel/Year. However, vehicles i
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Draft #3 Summary_Reader Response: Singapore revs up engines for autonomous vehicles race

In this article “Singapore revs up engines for autonomous vehicles race” Noble (2019) stated that a temporary national standard called “Technical Reference 68(TR 68)” plays an important role in developing autonomous vehicles (AVs), which advocates the safety of fully deplorable AVs. Noble also mention that TR68 was implemented to deal with "four key areas of AV deployment including vehicle behaviour, vehicle functional safety, cybersecurity, and data formats". Noble then wrote about a statement made by Loh Ngai Seng, chairman of the Committee on Autonomous Road Transport for Singapore (CARTS) “in the early 2020s, we hope that TR 68 will guide AV industry players in the safe and effective deployment of AVs in Singapore”. According to Noble a report by Fitch Ratings found that implementation of TR68, would improve Singapore's establishment and acceptance of AVs. The implementation of TR 68 would also entice overseas “autonomous technology” organization to Singapore. The au
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Draft #2 Summary Reader Response: "Autonomous vehicles"

In this article “Singapore revs up engines for autonomous vehicles race” Noble (2019) stated that a temporary national standard called “Technical Reference 68(TR 68)” plays an important role in developing autonomous vehicles (AVs), which advocates the safety of fully deplorable AVs. Noble also mention that TR68 was implemented to deal with "four key areas of AV deployment including vehicle behaviour, vehicle functional safety, cybersecurity, and data formats". Noble then wrote about a statement made by Loh Ngai Seng, chairman of the Committee on Autonomous Road Transport for Singapore (CARTS) “in the early 2020s, we hope that TR 68 will guide AV industry players in the safe and effective deployment of AVs in Singapore”. According to Noble a report by Fitch Ratings found that implementation of TR68, would improve Singapore's establishment and acceptance of AVs. The implementation of TR 68 would also entice overseas “autonomous technology” organization to Singapore. The au
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