The 200 km e-Qute 02 variant offers very low entry price for a full EV and suits short urban commutes. Best for city users with predictable daily runs who can live with modest highway usability and smaller battery.
This is the entry-level price leader for EVs in Nepal, best suited for short-distance city commutes where budget is the absolute priority.
Ex-showroom by trim — pick one to load it into the columns above.
From our tax and EMI tools — bagmati province rates, 5-year loan at 7.5% with 40% down.
Estimates, not quotes. Road tax follows the published provincial schedule; insurance is the third-party tariff. Confirm with the dealer and insurer.
On our data the Seres Mini is the stronger buy: it is रु 3,47,000 cheaper ex-showroom (21%) and still leads on dealer and service reach.
Measured: 6 more service centres in Nepal (10 vs 4).
Every figure in this verdict is computed from the table below — the same ex-showroom prices, variant specifications and Nepal service network the page publishes. Nothing here is an estimate, and where a figure is missing on one side the axis is left out rather than guessed.
These trims are listed at their published ex-showroom price, but none has been checked against the distributor's own price list yet — so treat the figures as indicative and confirm at the showroom.
Counted from our own showroom and service-centre directories, not from a brochure — every outlet behind these numbers has a listing on this site with an address and a phone number.
Browse the showroom directory →This comparison is assembled from the Nepal AutoMart catalog — distributor price lists we track daily, variant specifications verified against brochures, and our own showroom and service-centre directories. Specifications a source only hedges at are left blank rather than filled in, prices carry the date they were last checked, and corrections are logged. How we source and verify this data.
As of September 2026, the Seres Mini starts at Rs 16.49 lakh ex-showroom — Rs 3.47 lakh less than the Kaiyi e-Qute 02 EV at Rs 19.96 lakh.
The Kaiyi e-Qute 02 EV costs Rs 19.96 lakh to Rs 22.96 lakh and the Seres Mini costs Rs 16.49 lakh to Rs 17.99 lakh (ex-showroom, September 2026).
On our data the Seres Mini is the stronger buy: it is रु 3,47,000 cheaper ex-showroom (21%) and still leads on dealer and service reach. Take the Seres Mini if the ex-showroom price is your binding constraint. Every figure behind that call is in the table on this page.