An e-bike rider passed out and died while riding up O King Road near the Kwong Tin estate last night. Mr Siu, 59, was riding the bicycle uphill on the quasi-private road […]
E-BIKE RIDER DROPS DEAD AT THE WHEEL
CITING BATTERY SAFETY, SEAPLANE HK BETS ON HYDROGEN FOR AIR TAXIS
Aviation startup Seaplane HK is ditching the idea of battery-powered drones in favour of a hydrogen-fuelled aircraft named DragonflyX. While delaying an expected announcement of a research partnership with Hong Kong Polytechnic […]
“DO NOT TEST THE LAW”: COPS ARREST E-CARGO RIDER, HUNT E-SKATEBOARDER
Police are hunting an e-skateboard rider and have busted an e-cargo rider in apparently unconnected operations to crack down on the use of e-mobility devices. In Cheung Chau, a 20-year-old man caught […]
IT’S “YAU LOK” FOR LPG MINIBUSES AS DIESEL MAKES A COMEBACK
A brand new diesel minibus has started plying Hong Kong’s minibus routes today, with the first Euro VI-standard diesel spotted on the streets. Bus fans posted pictures on Facebook of the first […]
EXCLUSIVE: GOVT BACKTRACKS ON “CAR FREE” LANTAU TOMORROW, SAYS “CAR FREE ZONES” INSTEAD
The Development Bureau (DevB) has walked back a senior official’s remarks that Lantau Tomorrow Vision could be “car free”, suggesting instead there would be the possibility of “car-free or less car zones” […]
CARBON FOOTPRINT OF HONG KONG TRANSPORT UP 17% SINCE 1990
Carbon emissions from transport have risen 17% since 1990, with the sector responsible for 7.2 million tonnes of CO2 in 2019 according to figures published today. That’s about the same amount of […]
FOUR ELECTRIC FERRIES BY 2023: GOVT’S $350M BESPOKE FERRY SCHEME TAKING SHAPE
The government will design its own electric ferries and pay four ferry companies $350 million to have them built, aiming to launch the first vessels by 2023, the environment secretary told LegCo […]
DIDI’S “MASSIVE DATA” UNDER THE SPOTLIGHT AS REGULATOR PULLS 3 HAILING APPS FROM CHINESE STORES
China’s cybersecurity watchdog yesterday banned the country’s leading ride-hailing app Didi Chuxing from app stores, claiming “serious violations of laws and regulations in collecting and using personal information.” The regulator also today […]
GOVERNMENT GIVES UP ENFORCING ENGINE IDLING LAW
After giving just three tickets a month against idling engines in a decade, the government today said it was giving up on the impotent idling engine law, claiming it would no longer […]
“INNOVATIVE AND STEALTHY”: SMUGGLERS PICK E-BIKE FOR LAST-MILE SPEEDBOAT TRANSFER
An “electric bicycle”, as labelled by Customs, was the last-mile solution of choice for a gang of smugglers, who used the machine in their midnight plan to shift two truckloads of illicit […]
