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Following is a question by the Hon Erik Yim and a written reply by the Secretary for Environment and Ecology Mr Tse Chinwan in the Legislative Council today July 15
Question
The Updated Version of the Hong Kong Roadmap on Popularisation of Electric Vehicles announced by the SAR Government in February 2026 proposed the establishment of an electric vehicle EV charging network underpinned by fast chargers Moreover given that the Northern Metropolis NM will be planned and developed to include a modern logistics cluster and a smart crossboundary transport and logistics hub it is learnt that the industry is highly concerned about the planning of chargingenabling infrastructure for electric commercial vehicles ECVs In this connection will the Government inform this Council
1 of the Governments specific planning and development plans regarding the various measures for developing fast charging facilities for ECVs mentioned in the Updated Version of the Hong Kong Roadmap on Popularisation of Electric Vehicles including whether it will announce the implementation details and timetable
2 whether efforts to popularise EVs in Hong Kong have already begun to cover the light medium and heavy goods vehicles commonly used by logistics enterprises how the development of fast charging facilities for ECVs will be integrated with NMs modern logistics cluster and smart crossboundary transport and logistics hub so as to align with NMs overall smart city and infrastructure planning and
3 of the model to be adopted by the Government to develop public charging facilities for new energy commercial vehicles including whether it will consider attracting enterprises investment in the development of relevant facilities through publicprivate partnership
Reply
President
In order to achieve zero vehicular emissions before 2050 in line with Hong Kongs commitment to strive for carbon neutrality in the same timeframe the Government has actively promoted the popularisation of electric vehicles EVs in recent years with remarkable results There are currently over 170 000 EVs in Hong Kong approximately six times the number in 2021 Of these more than seven out of every 10 first registered private cars are EVs the growth rate of which ranks among the top in the world In terms of charging infrastructure the number of parking spaces with chargingenabling infrastructure has increased from around 28 000 in 2021 to over 160 000 at present representing a growth of more than 49 times the number of public chargers has risen from around 4 700 to approximately 16 900 an increase of more than 25 times The overall charging infrastructure is sufficient to support over 240 000 EVs
In February this year the Government announced the Updated Version of the Hong Kong Roadmap on Popularisation of Electric Vehicles the Updated Roadmap setting out a number of schemes and initiatives to continue promoting the development of EVs Going forward we will adopt fast chargers FCs as the backbone of our public charging network with the aim of increasing the number of FCs to 4 000 by 2030 and expecting to reach approximately 10 000 by 2035 capable of supporting around 500 000 EVs providing greater convenience for private car owners whilst also supporting the popularisation of electric commercial vehicles eCVs
Having consulted the Development Bureau and the Transport and Logistics Bureau my response to the question raised by the Hon Erik Yim is as follows
1 As mentioned in the Updated Roadmap the Government will continue to adopt a multipronged approach leverage market forces and build a public charging network with FCs with a rated output power of at least 100 kilowatts as the backbone through policy guidance Key measures include
i implementing the 300 million Fast Charger Incentive Scheme to encourage the private sector to install 3 000 FCs by the end of 2028 to support 160 000 EVs
ii gradually converting petrol filling stations PFSs into fast charging stations FCSs and retrofitting FCs at existing PFSs with the aim of providing up to approximately 180 FCs at around 60 existing PFSs progressively from this year onwards which is expected to be able to support nearly 10 000 EVs In addition the Government has identified eight PFS sites across Hong Kong that could be developed into FCSs which together could provide over 150 chargers expected to support approximately 8 000 EVs We have also set out operational requirements for petrolcumcharging stations and FCSs including that operators must not charge electric taxis etaxis and electric public light buses ePLBs more than the charging ceiling price published monthly by the Environmental Protection Department and that operators must reserve a certain number of chargers and parking spaces between 3pm and 6pm each day for etaxis and ePLBs to charge in order to provide convenience to the taxi and PLB trade
iii supporting franchised bus operators FBOs to install charging facilities at new or existing bus depots and already provided policy support to enable FBOs where appropriate to open up their EV charging facilities at bus depots and parking areas in various districts to the public during daytime hours At present a FBO has opened up approximately 12 FCs at its bus depot in Lai Chi Kok for public use It is anticipated that FCs at a further 10 bus depots will be made available within 2026 for public use The Government will continue to support FBOs in opening up more charging facilities at new bus depots
iv launching a 20 million fast charger scheme dedicated for commercial vehicles to encourage the trade to install FCs with an output power of at least 240 kilowatts We are currently drafting the framework for the new scheme and following consultation with relevant stakeholders will finalise the details and arrangements including the subsidy amount and the number of chargers We aim to announce the details of the new scheme by the end of this year and
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