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Commuters and drivers will be able to tap Grab's GrabHitch service from 22 June 2020, but the ride-sharing service GrabShare, will remain suspended.
Medical experts are calling for the shutdown of Singapore's largest carpooling chat group, which remains active despite bans to control the spread of COVID-19.
Two drivers who allegedly provided carpooling services during the circuit breaker period have had their vehicles seized.
Carpooling is now illegal after the Transport Ministry revoked a law allowing it to be carried out under some conditions.
Citing feedback from drivers, Grab said it would stop its GrabHitch service between 1:00am and 5:00am starting from next month.
Local carpooling app Ryde will be launching its private-hire car service - RydeX - which allows users to request for their favourite drivers, on 2nd May.
Uber has introduced Uber Commute - a new carpooling service, which allows motorists headed to work to pick up passengers for a fee to cover costs.
Local carpooling app Ryde has started a new service to help parents carpool their children to school, to rival an existing service by another firm.
AAS Insurance and Tokio Marine Insurance have joined forces to provide coverage for drivers on carpool trips, and personal accident coverage for passengers.
The Public Service Division (PSD) has said that civil servants need to declare additional trade or work that draws income, including carpooling.
Grab has ceased its GrabHitch Inter-Country Service, which was deemed illegal by the Land Transport Authority soon after it was launched a year ago.
Local carpooling app Ryde has emerged as one of the highlights of the eight-week long Infiniti Lab Smart Mobility programme.
GrabHitch is one of several carpooling services to emerge after laws were passed in 2015 to allow drivers to be paid for offering rides within Singapore.
The taxi industry has come under stiff competition from apps Uber and Grab, which already offer users the opportunity to share their private-hire car rides.
Grab currently has another carpooling service - GrabHitch - but it uses a separate group of drivers who ferry others on a not-for-profit basis.
In a first for Singapore, local carpooling app Ryde is partnering Aviva to introduce insurance coverage for its drivers and passengers.
Ryde, a local carpool app which was launched in April, has found favour with investors, raising $1.5 million in its seed-round funding that ended last week.
Ride-hailing app GrabTaxi, which competes with Uber in Southeast Asia, is planning to launch a carpooling service in Singapore.