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Overview
Currently there are over 552 electric vehicles on local roads, up from 74 in end 2010 and 242 in end 2011. We are installing charging facilities for electric vehicles in government car parks as planned. Along with the related facilities provided by the business and non-government sectors, there are about 1000 charging points in Hong Kongnow.Besides the standard charging facilities, Hong Kong now has ten quick chargers set up at Eastern, Southern, Central and Western, Yau Tsim Mong, Kwun Tong, Sha Tin, North, Yuen Long and Islands Districts. There is one quick charger within around 20 kilometres.

(Source: HKSAR government as of Nov 2013)
Government Policy Support:
  1. (a) Waive First Registration Tax for all electric Vehicles (till 31 March 2014)


    2. Link

  2. (b) Profits Tax Reduction for Capital Expenditure on Environment-friendly Vehicles
    3. Details please refer below link:

    Link

  3. (c)" Pilot Green Transport Fund " - a HK$300 million fund to encourage the transport sector to test out green and low-carbon transport modes and technology
    4. Details please refer below link:

    Link

  4. (d) Make a provision of $180 million to subsidize trials of hybrid buses and fully electric buses by the franchised bus companies. The ultimate policy objective is the full-scale use of zero-emission buses across the territory.


    5. Link
Electric Vehicles available in Hong Kong:
  1. (a) Mitsubishi Motors:

    2. - iMiEV (4 seats private car)
    - MINICAB-MiEV (2-4 seats mini-van)

      Details: Link

  2. (b) Nissan

    3. - Leaf (5 seats private car)

      Details: Link

  3. (c) Tesla

    4. - Roadster (2 seats sports car)

      Details: Link

  4. (d) BRAMMO

    5. - Enertia (Motorcycle)
    - Empluse (Motorcycle)

      Details: Link

  5. (e) VECTRIX

    6. - VX-1 (Motorcycle)
    - VX-2 (Motorcycle)

      Details: Link

  6. (f) Smith Electric

    7. - Edison Panel Van (2-5 seats light van)
    - Edison Mini Bus (15 passenger seats mini-bus)
    - Newton 10 Tons Truck

      Details: Link

  7. (g) The Kowloon Motor Bus co. (1933) Ltd.

    8. - Introduced a zero-emission full electric bus to Hong Kong for trial in September 2013.

      Details: Link

  8. (h) Renault

    9. - Fluence Z.E. (5 seats private car)
    - KangooZ.E. (2-5 seats van)

      Details: Link

  9. (i) Great Dragon

    10. - Electric Coach (45-49 seats coach)

      Details: Link

  10. (j) BYD

    11. - e6 (5 seats private car & taxi)

      Details: Link

Electric Vehicles charging infrastructure development in Hong Kong

Information from Environment Bureau, The HKSAR Government

  1. (a) Locations of Charging stations for Public Access in Hong Kong


    2. Link

  2. (b) Guidelines for Setting-up Standard Charging Facilities for Electric Vehicle at Car Parks


    3. Link
     
  3. (c) Technical Guidelines for Electric Vehicle Charging-enabling for Car Parks of New Building Developments

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CLP Power Hong Kong Limited

Established in 1901, CLP Power Hong Kong Limited is the principal subsidiary of the CLP Group. It is the largest vertically-integrated electricity generation, transmission and distribution company in Hong Kong serving 80 percent of the territory's population.

CLP is playing a proactive role in the development of EV charging infrastructure to support the wider adoption of EVs in Hong Kong. Up to Nov 2013, CLP has set up 33 Standard/Semi-quickCharging Stations with 140 charging points and 6 quick chargers in CLP｡ｯs service area (Kowloon & the NT).

More details please refer to the EV Web Site under CLP Power.

The Hongkong Electric Company, Limited

Established in 1889, The Hongkong Electric Company, Limited (HK Electric) is one of the longest-established power companies in the world. HK Electric provides an efficient and reliable electricity supply to its more than half a million customers on Hong Kong Island and Lamma Island.

HK Electric has supported the development of EV since 1980s. It has been one of the largest operator of EV fleet in Hong Kong and has commissioned a total of 13 EV charging stations for public use. Covering all districts on Hong Kong Island, drivers are able to find a HK Electric EV charging station conveniently within a l0km driving distance with the help of our real-time occupancy status on EV Website and Low Carbon App. Various initiatives have been launched to support their customers to erect private EV chargers at residential and commercial buildings, including a customized support service and a smart online tool which allow EV users, incorporated owners and property management companies to have a preliminary report to facilitate the installation of EV charging facilities at their buildings just seconds after answering some simple questions.

HK Electric also participated actively in other EV promotion events. For instance, it has been the official energy partner of the first-ever Formula E in Hong Kong and has netted the first and third prizes in the Open Group of an international competition involving the use of batteries from retired electric vehicles (EVs).

For more details, please refer to the Corporate Website (shall point to www.hkelectric.com) and EV Web Site (shall point to www.hkelectric.com/ev) under HK Electric.




Prof. WEN Xu-hui
Secretary General, EVAAP
c/o Institute of Electrical Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Zhong Guan Cun Beiertiao No.6, Beijing, China, 100190,
Phone: +86-10-82547082 Fax: +86-10-82547084 wxh@mail.iee.ac.cn

Richard Li
Secretariat, EVAAP
c/o China Electrotechnical Society , 10th Floor , Tianlian Building, No.102 Lianhuachi East Road, Xichen District, Beijing 100055 China
Phone: +86 10 63256902 Fax:+86 10 63256990 liw@ces.org.cn