> More than 70% of four-wheeled passenger vehicles - largely cars and > minibuses - imported into Nepal last year were electric, one of the > highest rates in the world. The figure reflects a remarkable growth in > the use of electric vehicles (EVs), which saw the country import more > than 13,000 between July 2023 and 2024, up from about 250 in 2020-21.
> Nepal´s government has set ambitious targets for wider take-up of EVs, > with the aim that 90% of all private-vehicle sales and 60% of all > four-wheeled public passenger vehicle sales will be electric by 2030. > Cost savings are the main reason for the rise in interest in electric > cars, says the [BYD EV dealer] sales manager, Loozah Maharjan. "Import > taxes on EVs are lower than on petrol cars, running costs are a 10th > of the price and banks offer generous finance deals for EVs," he says. Full story: https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/apr/04/nepal-kathmandu- health-air-pollution-who-transport-electric-vehicles- Shortcut: https://cntp.me/xq2NcLF David Roden, EVDL moderator & general lackey To reach me, don't reply to this message; I won't get it. Use my offlist address here : http://evdl.org/help/index.html#supt = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest, best financed, most applauded, and least successful exercises in moral philosophy: the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. -- John Kenneth Galbraith = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = _______________________________________________ Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org No other addresses in TO and CC fields HELP: http://www.evdl.org/help/
