[TeslaHK-Members] No more EV Expressway Permits!

[Philip C.Y. Ma]

Mark,
Well done!
Rgds
Philip Ma 

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On 29 Jun, 2012, at 2:51 PM, Sean Langston <tetsuos at gmail.com> wrote:

> This is tremendous! Just in time for the Model S!
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> On Fri, Jun 29, 2012 at 2:42 PM, Philip Liang <phil at generalsensing.com> wrote:
> Mark you are amazing thank you ! This is AWESOME :) 
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> Phil 
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> On Jun 29, 2012, at 2:41 PM, Mark Webb-Johnson wrote:
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>> We've been working for more than a year on this. Complaining. Cajoling. Pleading. Even got the Ombudsman involved.
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>> Looks like we finally have a complete result.
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>> http://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/201206/28/P201206270570.htm
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>> Hong Kong (HKSAR) - The Road Traffic (Expressway) (Amendment) Regulation 2012 and the Road Traffic (Registration and Licensing of Vehicles) (Amendment) Regulation 2012 will take effect on Friday (June 29) to allow the use of certain types of electric vehicles (EVs) on expressways without having to obtain expressway permits.
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>> Under the existing law, registered owners of an EV must apply to the Commissioner for Transport (the Commissioner) for an expressway permit before he or she can drive the vehicle on expressways. A spokesman for the Transport and Housing Bureau said the above regulations were aimed to facilitate the policy of promoting the use of EVs in Hong Kong.
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>> Under the new regulations, for EVs solely propelled by electric motors, if they are electric private cars with rated power equal to or greater than 7 kilowatts (kW), or electric motor cycles or electric motor tricycles with rated power equal to or greater than 3 kW, they are permitted to run on expressways without having to obtain expressway permits.
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>> Thanks for everyone who helped push.
>> Mark.
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