A fast boost for Hong Kong electric car drivers is on its way after a government scheme to encourage the installation of power points signed up 40 petrol stations prepared to install 100 quick chargers by March next year.
The government scheme included preferential terms for the extension of land leases for operators, as well as a waiver on land premium costs for lease modifications to cover the quick chargers, lawmakers heard on Monday.
Tse Chin-wan, the environment and ecology secretary, told the environmental affairs panel that the government had written to petrol station operators last November about retrofitting e-car charging facilities on their forecourts. He said proposals for 98 sites were received.
“In March, the government invited the submission of detailed design proposals covering 60 of the sites, involving over 200 chargers … while the remaining 32 sites are under further analysis and study,” Tse said.
“We expect that a total of about 100 quick chargers will be provided in the first batch of about 40 existing petrol filling stations within the 2024-25 financial year.”
The plan is part of a government campaign to encourage the use of e-cars in a bid to reach a goal to be carbon neutral before 2050.
Tse said the popularity of electric cars had increased in recent years. About 70 per cent of new registrations for private cars in January were for electric vehicles.
There were 8,056 e-vehicle chargers for public use across the city at the end of last month, including 4,662 medium chargers and 1,397 quick chargers.
Original article at More quick boost technology on its way for Hong Kong electric car owners under government plan to power up more charging points | South China Morning Post (scmp.com)
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