Kathmandu: Canada expects to announce this week that all new cars will have to be zero emissions by 2035, a senior government source said, as Ottawa is set to unveil new regulations in the latest example of countries around the world pushing for electrification.
The new rules, known as the Electr...}
Kathmandu: Hybrid cars are rapidly gaining popularity in India overtaking battery electric vehicle sales for three straight months this financial year.
New car buyers are taking a penchant for the handful of hybrid vehicles currently on sale in the Indian market such as Maruti Suzuki Grand Vitara...}
Kathmandu : Shilshila Acharya was initially hesitant to buy her first electric car back in 2018, because she was worried how it would perform. But Acharya, who directs the Avni Center for Sustainability in Kathmandu, did not want to buy a petrol or diesel car. “I just had my child at that time...}
Transport has a very important role in the socio-economic development of any county. Transport sector is a huge consumer of energy; it remains the largest consumer of petroleum-based fuels, accounting to 20% of global final energy consumption and 60% of total oil consumption.
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Kathmandu: Nepal imported 3,870 units of electric vehicles (EVs) in the first 11 months of the current fiscal year.
According to the Department of Customs (DoC), the country spent Rs 11.23 billion to purchase aforementioned units of the EVs during mid-July 2022 and mid-June 2023 of the curre...}
Kathmandu; Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) says it will be operating its 51 fast charging stations from next month. Sagar Gyawali, project manager at the NEA, said the authority has already built 40 charging stations while installation of another 11 infrastructure will be completed withi...}
Kathmandu: Managing Director of Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) Kulman Ghising on Monday said the authority has prepared an action plan to increase consumption of electricity.
Speaking at a program held in Kathmandu, the NEA chief Ghising called upon everyone to use electric vehicles. &ldq...}
Kathmandu; Nepal imported 2,009 units of electric vehicles (EVs) in the first seven months of the current fiscal year, an additional 200 units compared to the number imported in the same period last year.
During mid-July and mid-February of 2021/22, Nepal imported 1,807 units of electric fou...}
Nepal brought in a record number of electric vehicles (EVs) in the last fiscal year 2021-22 after seeing their imports seesaw for several years.
In 2019-20, imports amounted to 575 units before dropping by more than a half to 249 units in 2020-21 due to Covid-19 restrictions and higher taxes. B...}
Electric car imports jumped more than twentyfold in the first half of the current fiscal year, with auto dealers attributing the surge to government moves to abolish excise duty and slash customs duty to boost internal consumption of electricity.
According to the Department of Customs, 1,103...}