Citybus is using secret public funds to buy technology from a company in which its parent owns a significant stake, Transit Jam has learned, with millions of dollars of taxpayers’ money so […]
Just 93 out of 24,283 goods vehicles registered in Hong Kong between 2018 and 2020 were electric, government figures show, despite $1.1 billion in subsidies offered by the government for new electric […]
Star Ferry’s new “green” diesel-electric ferry system, funded by taxpayers to the tune of around HK$3m of its HK$8m cost, uses the same amount of diesel fuel as regular diesel ferries, according […]
The government has hit back at allegations it hid a damning report of taxpayer-funded hybrid vehicle performance, saying the four-year delay in publication was entirely due to “staffing issues” at its contractor […]
The top secret report of a disastrous government-subsidised hybrid green minibus trial has been quietly published by the government, six years after the trial began and months after the funded firm declared […]
The only electric truck ever trialled through the government’s New Energy Transport Fund (NETF) scheme is not used on public roads over concern of battery life and coping with hills when loaded, […]
A hybrid green minibus plying routes between Kwun Tong and Lok Wah Estate had running costs more than twice those of its 15-year-old LPG counterpart, according to the final report of the […]
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 […]
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 […]
Government excuses for non-existent electric vehicle (EV) subsidy trial reports are “nonsense”, says lawmaker and district councillor Ted Hui Chi-fung, claiming the government’s neglect harms the public interest and hurts the development […]
