Time to promote the use of electric vehicles: govt
Secretary for Environment and Ecology Tse Chin-wan on Tuesday said it is time to promote the use of electric vehicles, given the drop in prices. Announcing the Green Transformation Roadmap of Public Buses and Taxis, Tse said the government will subsidise the purchase of 600 electric buses and 3,000 electric taxis, with invitation letters to be sent to those eligible. Tse said he believes the incentives will be sufficient to attract operators to opt for electric vehicles. “Because the prices ar...