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NEW DELHI: India’s electrical vehicles income crossed a grounds 20 lakh-unit people for the archetypal time, arsenic important numbers successful two- and three-wheelers and increasing volumes successful cars added spot to the greens.According to retail income numbers released by Federation of Automobile Dealers’ Association (FADA), a full of 24.5 lakh units of EVs were sold successful FY26 against 19.6 lakh units successful the erstwhile fiscal, registering a maturation of astir 25%.A ample portion of the volumes came successful from two-wheelers, led by brands specified arsenic TVS, Bajaj Auto, and Ather. A full of 14 lakh electrical two-wheelers were sold successful FY26 against 11.5 lakh units successful the erstwhile fiscal.In three-wheelers, a full of 8.3 lakh units were sold against 7 lakh units successful FY25, registering a maturation of 19%. Mahindra and Mahindra, Bajaj Auto, and TVS fuelled the numbers successful 3 wheelers. When it comes to electrical cars, the volumes grew astatine 84% successful the just-closed 2025-26 fiscal arsenic caller models and terms cuts fuelled the numbers. Total EV income astir touched 2 lakh units successful FY26 against the adjacent 1.1 lakh units sold successful FY25, FADA said.
In commercialized vehicles, EV income 19,454 units, a maturation of 121% implicit the 8,820 units successful FY25.“FY26 has been a watershed twelvemonth for India's electrical mobility story. Total EV retail crossed two-wheelers, three-wheelers, rider vehicles, and commercialized vehicles stood astatine astir 24.52 lakh units, increasing astir 25% YoY with each class delivering beardown double-digit growth… This is not conscionable an automobile manufacture accomplishment — it is simply a testament to India's quality to pb a mass-market vigor transition, from the last-mile auto-rickshaw to the household car.
This shows that the structural momentum down India's EV travel remains firmly intact,” FADA president C S Vigneshwar said.In cars, the absorption by companies to beef up charging infrastructure besides aided the maturation arsenic astir players are opening to get assertive successful the greenish vehicles abstraction successful anticipation of stricter emanation norms.Tata Motors continued to pb successful cars, selling 78,811 units against 57,994 units successful FY25 (growth of 36%).
JSW MG Motor was the 2nd largest, selling 53,089 units against 30,569 units astatine a maturation of 74%. Mahindra & Mahindra, which has been gradually boosting its merchandise portfolio and investments successful greens (models specified arsenic XEV9E and BE6), had a 407% maturation arsenic it sold 42,721 units against 8,426 units successful FY25.Most of the different players, including Hyundai, BYD, Kia and new-entrant Maruti Suzuki, are yet to summation important standard successful EVs erstwhile compared to merchantability of their accepted ICE (internal combustion engine) models.Maruti Suzuki, which started EV income initially with exports, lone retailed 1,416 units successful India. It started income successful the home marketplace (with the eVitara) astir February this year. Luxury shaper BMW is intelligibly going beardown successful its EV income arsenic the institution sold 3,537 units successful FY26 astatine a maturation of 124% against 1,580 units successful the erstwhile year, arsenic per FADA numbers. Mercedes-Benz AG had a diminution of 10% successful EV income astatine 1,057 units against 1,157 units sold successful FY25. Tesla, different caller entrant successful cars, sold 342 caller EVs successful India. The institution had started income successful India successful July 2025 and retails lone the Model Y.
