be registered to be driven. The May figure, which hasn't been published, was provided to district council members and viewed by the Journal.

The end of the tax exemption "has really put the brakes on electric-vehicle adoption in Hong Kong," said Mark Webb-Johnson, a founder of Charged Hong Kong, a group that promotes electric vehicles.

Tesla doesn't break out vehicle sales by country or region and declined to discuss specifics in Hong Kong. But it acknowledged in a statement a slowdown, calling it "expected" following the tax change and a "short-term" challenge. The company said it continues to sell vehicles in Hong Kong each quarter and expects "the Hong Kong market will continue to be very strong over the long-term because it's clear that the people of Hong Kong loveBENGALURU: Flipkart Internet Private Limited , the locally registered marketplace unit of the online retail giant, has seen its losses more than double to Rs 2,306 crore in the financial year ended March 31, 2016.Losses were up by 110%, as the Bengaluru-based company continued to ramp up spending to fend off US-based online retail giant Amazon ’s $5-billion war chest for India.Sales were up at a much faster clip of 153% during the year to Rs 1,952 crore, according to regulatory filings with Registrar of Companies (RoC). The pace of increase in both revenues and losses has come down as compared to the three-times jump in losses and four-times increase in revenues between FY14 and FY15. Flipkart Internet owns Flipkart.com and registers sales from seller commissions and other