A mainland Chinese joint venture will introduce an electric taxi in Hong Kong next month, but a lawmaker has warned that a lack of quick-charging stations remains the biggest challenge to the government’s target of introducing 3,000 such cabs by next year.
SAIC-GM-Wuling, a joint venture between SAIC Motor, General Motors China and Guangxi Automobile Group, on Tuesday unveiled its Darion Taxi, a new six-seater e-taxi to be launched in Hong Kong.
DH Legend Motors, the joint venture’s sole Hong Kong distributor, expects to deliver the new model next month.
Wong Kin-man, the distributor’s director and general manager, said the model had a 540km (336-mile) range and 30-minute quick-charging capacity, designed to meet demand in the city.