Nepal EV boom outpaces infrastructure and skilled workforce

Despite EVs dominating new passenger car imports, roads remain poor, charging stations are limited, and service centres are scarce, government report says.

Electric vehicles (EVs) now account for nearly 80 percent of newly imported four-wheeler passenger vehicles in Nepal, but weak infrastructure, limited charging facilities, battery-related concerns and a shortage of skilled manpower continue to pose major challenges to the country’s e-mobility transition, according to a government study.