Nepal dam-building spree powers electric vehicle boom
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 / AFPSource: 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 en...
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