Nepal dam-building spree powers electric vehicle boom …C0NTINUE READING HERE >>>
Kathmandu is ground zero of an incipient transport revolution set to see the clapped out cars that clog its traffic-snarled streets make way for emissions-free alternatives.
Photo: Prakash MATHEMA / AFP
Source: AFP
Taxi driver Surendra Parajuli’s decision to buy an electric cab would have been unthinkable a decade ago, when chronic power cuts left Nepalis unable to light their homes at night.
But a dam-building spree has led to dirt-cheap energy prices in a landlocked Himalayan…
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