Guides
Guides for driving in Singapore
What to know before a week or a month at the wheel: what happens at your door, ERP and parking, electric cars, licences and the drive into Malaysia. Each guide is dated and lists its sources.
Monthly car rental in Singapore: what it costs and what is included
What a monthly rental costs next to owning a car in Singapore, what SwiftDrive's daily price includes, and when renting by the month makes sense.
5 min read, Updated
Driving to Malaysia in a rental car
The VEP tag, Touch 'n Go, the three-quarter tank rule, RON97, documents and Causeway or Second Link: taking a SwiftDrive car into Malaysia.
5 min read, Updated
How door-to-door delivery and collection works
Every SwiftDrive car is delivered and collected, any hour, island-wide, in a 30-minute window. What happens at your door, at Changi and on return.
4 min read, Updated
Driving in Singapore on a foreign licence
Who can drive in Singapore on a foreign licence, when you need an International Driving Permit, the 12-month rule, and what to bring to a rental handover.
4 min read, Updated
Renting a car between cars
Your COE is running out, your car is in the workshop or your new car is weeks away: how a weekly or monthly rental bridges the gap in Singapore.
4 min read, Updated
ERP 2.0 and parking in a rental car
How ERP, parking and fines work in a SwiftDrive car: the OBU, Parking.sg, HDB and condo carparks, and what changes on 1 January 2027.
4 min read, Updated
Renting an electric car in Singapore
Charging networks and apps, plugs, prices, idle fees and carpark etiquette: what to know before you drive an electric rental car in Singapore.
4 min read, Updated
After an accident or breakdown in a rental car
What to do, in order, after an accident or breakdown in a SwiftDrive car: safety, photos, when to call the police, and the 24-hour reporting rule.
3 min read, Updated
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