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Explainer | How do BYD, Tesla stack up against BMW, Mercedes-Benz in Hong Kong’s electric vehicle war?

  • Carmakers from across the world are vying for a slice of the city’s fast-growing EV market. The Post takes a look at the top five carmakers and models

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Crowds throng Ocean Terminal in Tsim Sha Tsui to take a look at the Xpeng electric cars during their launch in May. Photo: Jonathan Wong
Sales of electric vehicles (EV) have overtaken conventional cars for some time now in Hong Kong, putting the city firmly on the zero-emissions path by 2050.
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Carmakers and distributors from around the world, including the US, Europe and mainland China, have been slowly but surely introducing battery-powered cars to Hong Kong, in line with the government’s push to phase out fossil fuel-propelled vehicles by 2035.

The Post looks at the top five EV makers by market share in Hong Kong, and some of the models available in the city.

Tesla Model S. Photo: Daniel Ren
Tesla Model S. Photo: Daniel Ren

Tesla

The Palo Alto, California-based electric vehicle (EV) maker entered Hong Kong in May 2010 and set up a service centre the following year in September.

The city is an important market for Tesla and was hailed as a “beacon city for electric vehicles” by CEO Elon Musk during a visit in 2016.
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Tesla is the top EV brand, with more than 40,000 vehicles registered in the city, representing 47 per cent of the 86,938 electric private cars, according to Transport Department figures from August 2017 to July 2024 compiled by the Post.

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