Driving Change: Making Nepal’s Public Transport EV-Friendly

Kulman Ghising, the newly appointed Minister for Energy, Infrastructure and Transport post the GenZ-led revolution, has recently spoken about his vision to make Nepal’s transport systems more electric-vehicle (EV) friendly. This is an ambitious but important goal for Nepal. Private EV ownership as reported by the New York Times is already surging in the county with EVs now making up a whopping 76% of vehicular imports due to reduced operational costs, tax rebates and increased national electricity supply from hydropower projects.