Eligibility rules for Hong Kong’s electric car trade-in scheme should be scrapped, owners say

Hong Kong motorists have called on the government to scrap eligibility rules for a HK$250,000 tax break when they trade in a petrol car for an electric one, saying there are easy ways around them anyway. They also demanded housing estates be forced to install charging stations in car parks if an electric car owner requests it. In February last year, the government introduced the HK$250,000 (US$32,000) concession – deducted from the car’s registration tax – for electric...