The Country Where 76% of Cars Sold Are Electric

11 thelastgallon 4 7/28/2025, 5:37:44 PM nytimes.com ↗

Comments (4)

alephnerd · 18h ago
Majority of vehicles in Nepal are two-wheelers (motorbikes/scooters) or bicycles, as only 3% of households have a car and only 27% a two wheeler [0].

The motorbike market [1] tends to be Honda and Yamaha (manufactured in India) and Indian vendors like TVS and Bajaj, and this is where the most opportunity exists for Nepal.

A lot of the overproduction in Indian two wheeler EV industry is flowing into Nepal - especially TVS and Bajaj because of their factory complexes are barely 30 miles from the Nepal border, and connected to Nepal's NH1.

[0] - https://www.nepaldrives.com/only-3-1-nepalese-families-own-c...

[1] - https://www.statista.com/outlook/mmo/motorcycles/nepal

lazyeye · 17h ago
johanvts · 17h ago
I guess its mostly scooters? But Denmark, Sweden and Norway are also all above 80% and growing and here its mainly cars.
nielsbot · 9h ago
Not quite. Denmark just recently reached 64%. Don't know about Sweden.

https://thedriven.io/2025/02/20/denmark-lifts-ev-share-to-64...