The short version
- 930,000 OBUs installed as at 31 January 2026. That is more than 93% of all Singapore-registered vehicles. The rest are on a final-reminder clock.
- Full ERP 2.0 cutover: 1 January 2027. From that date, every Singapore-registered vehicle on a public road must have an OBU.
- Gantries are coming down. 95 ERP gantries island-wide; non-operational ones are being removed progressively through 2026.
- Free installation window is closing. If you haven’t installed by your final reminder, LTA gives 3 more months free. After that, you pay.
As at 31 January 2026, about 930,000 vehicles in Singapore had the new ERP 2.0 on-board unit fitted. That is more than 93% of the country’s roughly one million registered vehicles. If your car is one of the 7% still without one, you are not in trouble yet, but you are on a clock.
The 7% question: have you installed your OBU yet?
LTA began sending final reminders from 15 February 2026. Each one gives you three more months of free installation from the date the reminder lands, by post or app.
After the three months, the meter starts running: LTA charges $35 for a motorcycle and $70 for every other vehicle, and from 1 January 2027 the OBU is compulsory for every Singapore-registered vehicle on a public road.
The cleanest way to know where you stand: check your authorised installer record on OneMotoring, or look in your car’s centre console. A car OBU comes in three parts, a processing unit, an antenna and a touchscreen display, and the display is the piece that sits near where the old IU was. Motorcycles get a single-piece unit, and the touchscreen is optional if you use the app instead.
What changes for drivers when gantries come down
Singapore has 95 ERP gantries today, scattered across the CBD, expressways, and key roads. Many are already inactive. LTA is removing the non-operational ones progressively through 2026. The signboards stay where they are, partly to remind drivers that they’re entering a charged zone, partly because charging still happens at those points rather than by distance travelled.
Practically, the experience for the driver becomes invisible. No more “BEEP” overhead, and the old chip-based CashCard no longer works at all. Charging happens via the OBU and is debited either from a CEPAS card in the unit, such as an EZ-Link Motoring, NETS FlashPay or NETS Motoring card, or from a backend motoring payment account.
What ERP 2.0 already does today
The short answer
ERP 2.0 is running, but it is not charging by distance. The OBU uses Global Navigation Satellite System positioning, and charging still happens at the existing ERP points, gantry by gantry, exactly as it did with the old in-vehicle unit. In March 2026 the Ministry of Transport said it does not intend to implement distance-based charging in the immediate term and would give adequate notice if that changed.
You can see every charge yourself. Your charges show up on the OneMotoring app, and you can check your balance the same way.
Two features land alongside basic charging. The OBU can flag low-balance warnings before you enter a charging zone, which helps prevent the late-payment surcharge that used to trip up cash-card forgetfulness. It also pushes real-time traffic updates and situational alerts to the driver, including School Zone and Silver Zone warnings, which the old in-vehicle unit could not do.
What’s coming after 1 January 2027
From 1 January 2027, every Singapore-registered vehicle on public roads must have an OBU. This is the formal ERP 2 milestone. It’s also when several adjacent fee changes kick in, and they matter for anyone whose car crosses the Causeway.
| Foreign-vehicle charge | Now | From 1 January 2027 |
|---|---|---|
| VEP, cars | $35 per day | $50 per day |
| VEP, motorcycles | $4 per day | $7 per day |
| Free VEP days | 10 per year, plus weekday free hours | Both go away |
Singapore-registered vehicles aren’t directly affected, but if you cross the Causeway in either direction, the JB-side cost equation changes for everyone.
There is also an active conversation about using ERP 2.0 for speeding enforcement. In May 2026, Acting Transport Minister Jeffrey Siow said the system is technically capable of enforcing speed offences, with further enhancements pending. No firm date has been set for that capability to go live.
Common worries: speed enforcement, privacy, breakdown handling
Three questions come up a lot, and none of them has the answer drivers assume it does.
The bottom line: ERP 2.0 is past the point of “if”. The 7% question is the only open one for most drivers.
