The 14th batch of applications for green transport trials under the Pilot Green Transport Fund has been approved, the Environmental Protection Department announced today.
The five newly approved applications include the trial of six electric van-type light goods vehicles involving a total subsidy of $1.3 million.
This brings the total number of trials under the fund to 91, for the testing of 10 electric taxis, three electric light buses, 11 electric buses, 48 electric goods vehicles, 53 hybrid goods vehicles, 12 hybrid light buses, one solar air-conditioning system, four electric inverter air-conditioning systems, the replacement of four bus engines with more advanced models and the adoption of a diesel-electric propulsion system and a seawater scrubber in a ferry, amounting to a total subsidy of $93 million.
The Government set up the $300 million fund in 2011. Transport operators can apply for funds to test green transport technologies, subject to a maximum subsidy of $9 million per application and $12 million in total.
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