尼泊尔启用中国产电动客车
Nepal is approaching an electric future by launching the Made-in-China electric buses for the first time in the country.
尼泊尔首次在国内启用中国产电动客车，向绿色未来迈进一步。
Amid a special function organized in Lalitpur on Tuesday, Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli inaugurated the battery-operated buses, which have been developed by the Chinese company BYD.
The formation of electric bus fleet has been regarded as a major milestone for the South Asian country for moving towards a green economy.
Addressing the inaugural ceremony, the prime minister said the electric buses are symbolic indication of the direction that Nepal is taking towards clean energy.
"The conversion of public transport to domestically-produced electricity will displace the expensive imported gasoline and diesel. I believe the conversion to electric mobility will have a significant positive impact on environment and health of the public," Oli said.
Mentioning that the country is going to be self-reliant in hydropower with the next few years, he said that the government aims to ensure that at least 20 percent of the overall vehicles will run on electric power by 2020.