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    Electric vehicles have the potential to reduce pollution and fossil fuel dependency in urban areas of Nepal. While EVs were introduced in Nepal in the 1970s, their use has grown significantly in recent years. As of 2017, there were over 21,000 EVs in Nepal, crossing 45,000 vehicles by 2018. Currently, EVs make up about 10% of vehicle sales. However, challenges remain in promoting wider EV adoption, including a lack of charging infrastructure, power shortages in urban areas that make charging difficult, and the need for quieter vehicles to avoid accidents.

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    Electric vehicles have the potential to reduce pollution and fossil fuel dependency in urban areas of Nepal. While EVs were introduced in Nepal in the 1970s, their use has grown significantly in recent years. As of 2017, there were over 21,000 EVs in Nepal, crossing 45,000 vehicles by 2018. Currently, EVs make up about 10% of vehicle sales. However, challenges remain in promoting wider EV adoption, including a lack of charging infrastructure, power shortages in urban areas that make charging difficult, and the need for quieter vehicles to avoid accidents.

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    Electric vehicles have the potential to reduce pollution and fossil fuel dependency in urban areas of Nepal. While EVs were introduced in Nepal in the 1970s, their use has grown significantly in recent years. As of 2017, there were over 21,000 EVs in Nepal, crossing 45,000 vehicles by 2018. Currently, EVs make up about 10% of vehicle sales. However, challenges remain in promoting wider EV adoption, including a lack of charging infrastructure, power shortages in urban areas that make charging difficult, and the need for quieter vehicles to avoid accidents.

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    Electric vehicles have the potential to reduce pollution and fossil fuel dependency in urban areas of Nepal. While EVs were introduced in Nepal in the 1970s, their use has grown significantly in recent years. As of 2017, there were over 21,000 EVs in Nepal, crossing 45,000 vehicles by 2018. Currently, EVs make up about 10% of vehicle sales. However, challenges remain in promoting wider EV adoption, including a lack of charging infrastructure, power shortages in urban areas that make charging difficult, and the need for quieter vehicles to avoid accidents.

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    A case study of: Electric vehicle in context of urban areas

    Introduction
    Use of electric vehicle for transport is a way forward towards getting out of the shackles of
    fossil fuel dependency, making our planet breathable. Since, EV uses domestic fuel and has zero
    emission it has been emphasized in urban areas as the most feasible means of transportation
    and there is clear need to further promote these environment friendly vehicles. According to
    the electric vehicle association of Nepal (EVAN), the number of EVs in the country, including
    privte two -and four –wheelers and public vehicles reached up to 21000 in 2017. By 2018, it
    crosses 45000.Today; around 10 % of vehicles sold in the country are EVs.

    Present status of EVs in urban areas


    Electric vehicles are the future of mobility that could combat air pollution and reduce the
    country’s dependency on imported oil.EVs entered Nepal as far back as 1975, with the
    introduction of an electric trolleybus in Kathmandu. Although the trolley was officially put to a
    merciful end in 2009 after years of mismanagement. By 1993 battery-powered safa tempos
    were introduced which can still be seen on street of Kathmandu. Today, there are only two safa
    tempo manufacturing plants and 28 charging stations. Presently there are approximately 1150
    four wheelerEVs 4700 electric bikes and 31000 e-rickshaws in Nepal according to automobile
    dealers. A Chinese auto brands have also recently launched their offerings in the Nepali EV four
    –Wheeler market. While even cheaper models like the Mahindra e20 now offer a range above
    100kms, higher –end models like the KIA Niro claims a range of more than 400kms on full
    charge. There are also numerous brands offering two-wheelers .while electric scooters from
    Terra Motors, a Japanese EV company, have been in Nepal for many years, there is now a range
    of scooters to choose from. These include cheap, affordable ones that don’t even require a
    license to more powerful versions like the Niue, a Chinese e-scooter.

    Unlike fossil fuel –powered four wheelers, which incurred taxes of up to 261 %,private EV four-
    wheelers were taxed only 23%(10% import tax and 13% VAT).The new budget has now imposed
    customs duty on the price of electric cars like other vehicles and also has increased excise duty.
    For vehicles up to 50 kwh the excise duty is 30%, 50-100kwh is 40% ,100-150 kwh is 50% ,150-
    200kwh is 60 %,200-300kwh is 70% while 300 and above is 80%.
    Negative impact of electric vehicles in urban areas

     EVs don’t emit exhaust fumes but they use batteries which can emit toxic
    fumes.
     Silence can be a bit disadvantage as people like to hear the noise if they
    are coming from behind them. Since EVs are silent in nature, it can lead to
    accidents in some cases.
     As electric cars need adequate power to charge up, the urban areas that is
    already facing acute power shortages causes difficulty in use of EVs.
     EVs take about 4 to 6 hrs and sometimes even a day to get fully charged.
     There is no adequate number of electric fuelling stations in urban areas.
    Electric fuelling stations are still in development stages.

    Result and conclusion

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