A man sits waits in his electric car while recharging at a charging station in Kathmandu, Nepal, Tuesday, May 14, 2024. Nearly all of the electricity produced in Nepal is clean energy, most of it generated by river-fed hydro-electricity. Thanks to that abundant source of power, the country is quickly expanding charging networks and imports of EVs have doubled in each of the past two years, according to customs data.
Access to electricity in Nepal has soared in the past three decades as hydroelectric projects were completed. Now all but 6% of the population can reach the country’s fast-expanding grid. That is enabling the country to leapfrog its neighbors in adopting EVs. Nepal has made boosting use of EVs part of its national commitments to curbing climate changing emissions, pledging to raise EVs to 25% of all auto sales by 2025 and 90% by 2030.
“I am extremely happy using an electric vehicle because I could contribute to the environment compared to the petrol cars,” he said. “The electricity cost for charging and everything is much less and I got a much, much more luxurious car for the same price compared with gas-fueled cars,” Sharma said.
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