New electric minibuses and pantograph charging stations are a step closer to deployment next year as the government pre-qualifies new minibus models and selects the first few charging sites, according to an […]
ROUTE QUARREL DELAYS ELECTRIC BUS PROMISE
New electric buses promised for major Kowloon routes for after the Lunar New Year remain warehoused as the government and bus operator have failed to reach an agreement on the routes they […]
BREAKING BUS: NEW PARADIGMS FOR EV TRANSPORT
Transit Jam’s inaugural online forum Rethinking “Vehicles First” drew 45 participants from Hong Kong and overseas for a lively two-hour programme of ideas, vision and debate on tackling the city’s major urban transport challenges. […]
LIMPING EV SUBSIDY FUNDS JUST SEVEN VANS IN LATEST ROUND
An electric vehicle subsidy scheme is struggling to give money away, limping over the milestone of half its treasure chest disbursed in December last year, after eight years of operation, and now […]
EV EXPERT SLAMS GOVT “GREEN EMPLOYMENT” PLAN
A leading electric vehicle (EV) specialist has hit out against the government’s “Green Employment Scheme” which will see a team of 30 hired to push a new HK$2 billion EV subsidy to […]
GOVT WILL HIRE 30 STAFF TO PUSH HK$2BN EV PARKING SUBSIDY
The government will hire at least 30 people to push its new HK$2 billion electric vehicle (EV) parking subsidy to property developers and building owners, under the Environment Bureau’s so called “Green […]