Paul Chan confident of promoting electric vehicle adoption, new energy minibuses may arrive early next year

Paul Chan said he was confident of promoting the adoption of electric vehicles and previewed good news on new energy minibuses early next year. He said Hong Kong's first five-year plan proposes 4 binding environmental targets, with the goal of ceasing new registrations of fuel-powered private cars, including hybrids, by 2035 or earlier. On funding the transport sector's switch to heavy electric vehicles, he said the development of heavy vehicles was not yet mature and government subsidies were not a long-term strategy.