Budget Speech

Promoting the Use of Electric Vehicles

95.      To promote the use of electric vehicles, I set up the Steering Committee on the Promotion of Electric Vehicles last April. The Committee has made a number of recommendations on the strategy and concrete measures for promoting electric vehicles. One of the recommendations is that the Government should take the lead in using more electric vehicles. We have procured 10 electric vehicles, and plan to purchase 10 to 20 such vehicles in each of the following few years. Besides, 10 electric motorcycles have been introduced into the Police fleet. In the private sector, the two power companies have placed orders for over 20 electric vehicles. Furthermore, around 200 electric vehicles will be supplied to the local market in the next financial year. We expect to see wider use of electric vehicles in Hong Kong in the year ahead.

96.      We have made good progress in increasing charging facilities for electric vehicles. We have built charging stations in nine government car parks and will build more than 20 such stations this year. Apart from these, the two power companies have started building 28 charging stations in various car parks. The Electrical and Mechanical Services Department has also issued guidelines on the installation of charging facilities in car parks to encourage operators of private car parks to provide such facilities. The Government and the power companies will continue to expand the charging networks for electric vehicles.

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