HK$120mn Boost To Add 1,000 Chargers For E-cars

Finance minister Paul Chan in his budget speech on Wednesday said HK$120 million will be spent on installing a thousand more public chargers for electric vehicles in government car parks.

That would add over 1,000 public chargers for electric vehicles by 2022, bringing the total number of chargers to 1,700.

Chan said the government will also look into providing chargers at street parking spaces, as well as quick-charging stations.

The movesto extend the city's EV charging network comes after the government lowered the criteria for a replacement scheme for electric cars, raising the number of eligible vehicles by 30 percent to over 250,000.

The announcement was part of a short section in Chan's budget on environmental protection, in which he also provided another billion dollars for the installation of renewable energy facilities at government buildings, venues, and community facilities.