Sagar Mani Gnawali of the Nepal Electricity Authority speaks during an interview with the Associated Press in Kathmandu, Nepal, Thursday, April 25, 2024. Gnawali, who head the agency’s department in charge of Electric Vehicle Charging infrastructure Development, said Nepal now has 400 charging stations and the number is expected to double within a year. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
Jyotindra Sharma poses next to his electric car in Kathmandu, Nepal, Tuesday, May 14, 2024. Sharma, a cardiac surgeon who has been driving an EV, a 2019 KIA Niro, for four years, says he is glad to know he is helping reduce the smog that poses severe health hazards in the Kathmandu valley. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
A laborer works at a construction site next to a power station at Matatirtha on the outskirts of Kathmandu, Nepal, Friday, May 31, 2024. Nepal’s abundant hydroelectric power is helping the Himalayan nation cut its oil imports and clean up its air, thanks to a boom in sales of electric vehicles. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
Newly imported electric vehicles are seen parked at the Chobhar Dry Port in Kirtipur, Nepal, Friday, May 31, 2024. To encourage purchases of EVs, the government is charging lower duties on imported EVs, ranging from 25% to 90%. The import duties on gas and diesel-fueled vehicles are 276% to 329%. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
A bird is seen flying as smog envelops the skyline in Kathmandu, Nepal, May 3, 2024. Pollution from buses and other vehicles and from burning fuels for cooking and heating made Kathmandu one of the world's worst polluted cities for several days in April, as the government warned people to stay indoors. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
Newly imported electric vehicles are seen parked at the Chobhar Dry Port in Kirtipur, Nepal, Thursday, May 30, 2024. To encourage purchases of EVs, the government is charging lower duties on imported EVs, ranging from 25% to 90%. The import duties on gas and diesel-fueled vehicles are 276% to 329%. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
Slow moving traffic is seen on a busy road in Kathmandu, Nepal, Thursday, May 30, 2024. Kathmandu has very few EV buses and none connect the capital with other cities. Pollution from buses and other vehicles and from burning fuels for cooking and heating made Kathmandu one of the world's worst polluted cities for several days in April, as the government warned people to stay indoors. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
A worker washes a public transport bus at an electric charging station in Kathmandu, Nepal, Friday, May 10, 2024. Nearly all of the electricity produced in Nepal is clean energy, most of it generated by river-fed hydro-electricity. Thanks to that abundant source of power, the country is quickly expanding charging networks and imports of EVs have doubled in each of the past two years, according to customs data. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
Conductor of an electric passenger bus calls to attract attention of the travelers in Kathmandu, Nepal, Wednesday, May 22, 2024. Nepal's abundant hydroelectric power is helping the Himalayan nation cut its oil imports and clean up its air, thanks to a boom in sales of electric vehicles. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
An electric car drives past other vehicles in Kathmandu, Nepal, Wednesday, May 22, 2024. Nepal’s imports of EVs have doubled in each of the past two years, allowing the country to save its precious foreign currency instead of spending it on imports of oil and other fuels. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
Kanak Mani Dixit, a leading environment and civil rights activist, poses in front of a public electric bus in Kathmandu, Nepal, Wednesday, May 22, 2024. “Our electricity in the grid is from hydropower so it is clean energy. And so Nepal is ideally placed to use electricity to run our vehicles in the best way it should be, which is that the energy source itself is clean. It is not coal, gas or nuclear or petroleum,” said Dixit, (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
A worker at an electric charging station recharges the batteries of a public transport bus in Kathmandu, Nepal, Friday, May 10, 2024. Nearly all of the electricity produced in Nepal is clean energy, most of it generated by river-fed hydro-electricity. Thanks to that abundant source of power, the country is quickly expanding charging networks and imports of EVs have doubled in each of the past two years, according to customs data. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
A customer enquires about an electric vehicle at a car showroom in Kathmandu, Nepal, Friday, May 10, 2024. To encourage purchases of EVs, the government is charging lower duties on imported EVs, ranging from 25% to 90%. The import duties on gas and diesel-fueled vehicles are 276% to 329%. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha) (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
A man sits waits in his electric car while recharging at a charging station in Kathmandu, Nepal, Tuesday, May 14, 2024. Nearly all of the electricity produced in Nepal is clean energy, most of it generated by river-fed hydro-electricity. Thanks to that abundant source of power, the country is quickly expanding charging networks and imports of EVs have doubled in each of the past two years, according to customs data. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
A man charges his electric vehicle at a charging station in Kathmandu, Nepal, Thursday, Tuesday, May 14, 2024. Nearly all of the electricity produced in Nepal is clean energy, most of it generated by river-fed hydro-electricity. Thanks to that abundant source of power, the country is quickly expanding charging networks and imports of EVs have doubled in each of the past two years, according to customs data. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
An electric lineman works on high tension wire at a power station at Matatirtha in the outskirts of Kathmandu, Nepal, Friday, May 31, 2024. Nepal’s abundant hydroelectric power is helping the Himalayan nation cut its oil imports and clean up its air, thanks to a boom in sales of electric vehicles. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
A passenger bus previously run on diesel and converted to electric is seen parked at a depot in Kathmandu, Nepal, Tuesday, April 9, 2024. Nearly all of the electricity produced in Nepal is clean energy, most of it generated by river-fed hydro-electricity. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)