Hong Kong is ideally suited for the mass use of electric cars than many other countries with its small geographic size and the only external routes are cross border with China.
Road side pollution is of a major concern and even with a comprehensive mass transport system many commuters still drive around the SAR and emit toxins in to the air.
Now with up to 300 electric charging stations there is a viable alternative in the the electric car. While energy must still be produced to produce the electric fuel any emissions are not concentrated in the highly urbanised city.
The technology of electric vehicles cannot yet match the performance of fossil fueled cars but this does not matter for a country as small as Hong Kong. Travel distances are small and easily accomplished with a fully charged electric vehicle.
Even with a small number of cleaner cars on the road the charging network needs to be quite comprehensive. Hopefully the charging stations will become more abundant and then there will really be no reason not for residents not to switch to electric.
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