The Kathmandu Electric Vehicle Alliance (KEVA) is a program supported by USAID’s Clean Air Initiative and Asia and Near East Bureau Mission Incentive Fund. The Alliance Partners are Planning and Development Collaborative International (PADCO), Winrock International (WI), the San Francisco Clean Cities Coalition (SFCCC), and Electric Drive Transportation Association (EDTA). The Alliance sought to bring new ideas, new partners, and new resources to support key interventions for the promotion of electric vehicles in Nepal. The Alliance worked with municipalities, His Majesty’s Government of Nepal (HMG/N), national and international development agencies and donors, local electric vehicle (EV) industry business groups, EV operators, international and local non-government organizations (INGOs and NGOs) to identify and eliminate constraints to the expansion of the electric-based vehicles for Nepal in general and Katmandu in particular.
