{"id":29937,"date":"2026-02-20T11:30:39","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T03:30:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=29937"},"modified":"2026-02-20T11:30:39","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T03:30:39","slug":"mobility-scooter-prices-may-rise-by-up-to-15-ahead-of-new-registration-rules-say-retailers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=29937","title":{"rendered":"Mobility scooter prices may rise by up to 15% ahead of new registration rules, say retailers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span>Retailers said the process may pose challenges for elderly customers who are not technologically savvy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span>The process requires the existing owner to initiate the transfer on OneMotoring and the buyer to accept it, typically via Singpass. If Singpass is unavailable, the transfer can be made through a manual route.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span>Incomplete transfers could leave retailers exposed, said Elfigo Mobility founder Warren Chew.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span>\u201cIf the transfer ownership is not closed, what could happen is that you could have users &#8211; they let other people without a valid certificate use the device \u2026 (and the) distributor may get into trouble,\u201d he pointed out.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span>Mr Chew gave an example of his company, as the importer, transferring ownership of a mobility scooter to a customer called Uncle Tan. If Uncle Tan does not acknowledge the transfer, the device will still be registered with Elfigo.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span>\u201cIf Uncle Tan does something illegal, for example, he resells the PMA to somebody doing food delivery, and then the food delivery rider gets caught, then Elfigo could possibly get in trouble for supplying a PMA to somebody that is not able-bodied,\u201d Mr Chew said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span>DNR Wheels\u2019<\/span> Mr Singh\u00a0<span>also said\u00a0<\/span>the process could be cumbersome for elderly customers, many of whom may not have a Singpass account.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span>\u201cI believe LTA is looking into it as we gave them the feedback, I think, two weeks ago. This could be one of the main issues I foresee,\u201d he added.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.channelnewsasia.com\/singapore\/mobility-scooters-pmas-new-rules-price-rise-retailers-5941836\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Retailers said the process may pose challenges for elderly customers who are not technologically savvy. The process requires the existing owner to initiate the transfer&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":29938,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dam.mediacorp.sg\/image\/upload\/s--3WK5vLa6--\/c_crop,h_878,w_1561,x_1,y_23\/c_fill,g_auto,h_676,w_1200\/f_auto,q_auto\/v1\/mediacorp\/cna\/image\/2026\/02\/20\/screenshot-2026-02-20-093556.png?itok=Gqtge9F1","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[800,15865,4369,4310,712,1569,208,16028],"class_list":["post-29937","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buzz-news-sg-global","tag-ahead","tag-mobility","tag-prices","tag-registration","tag-retailers","tag-rise","tag-rules","tag-scooter","wpcat-2-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29937","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=29937"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29937\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/29938"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=29937"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=29937"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=29937"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}