Electric Car Vahan retail registrations

Electric Car Sales March 2026: Tata Motors (EV) Leads With 34.0% Share

Every electric car registered in India in March 2026, brand by brand: volumes, market share inside the segment, month-on-month and year-on-year change, and who gained or lost share.

25,400
Electric Car registrations
March 2026
+86.1%
Year on year
vs Mar 2025
+60.4%
Month on month
vs Feb
Tata Motors (EV)
Segment leader
34.0% share
5.9%
EV share of cars
March 2026

How March went

India registered 25,400 electric cars in March 2026, +86.1% on March 2025 and +60.4% on February.

Across the 3 completed months of 2026 to March, 62,333 electric cars have been registered, +77.0% on the same months of 2025.

Electric cars were 5.9% of every car registered in March 2026, against 4.0% in March 2025 (+1.9pp).

Monthly electric car registrations, 2024–2026

One line per calendar year. A month still filling is left off the line.

Electric Car market share, March 2026

Tata Motors (EV) led the month with 8,637 registrations — 34.0% of the electric car market — ahead of Mahindra Electric Automobile on 5,997 (23.6%), a gap of 2,640 units. Tata Motors (EV) also led February.

Mahindra Electric Automobile has gained the most share against March 2025, +10.18pp to 23.6%; MG Motor has lost the most, −9.17pp to 23.3%.

The top three hold 80.9% of the segment; 23 manufacturers registered at least one electric car.

Top 10 electric car makers, March 2026

Electric car registrations only — every other vehicle type these companies make is excluded.

Electric Car leaderboard — March 2026

Share is of every electric car registered in the month. MoM and YoY compare each maker's own volume; the last column is its change in share of the segment.

# Manufacturer Mar 2026 Share MoM YoY Share vs Mar 2025
1 Tata Motors (EV) 8,637 34.0% +40.9% +74.7% −2.21pp
2 Mahindra Electric Automobile 5,997 23.6% +87.6% +227.0% +10.18pp
3 MG Motor 5,917 23.3% +52.3% +33.5% −9.17pp
4 Maruti Suzuki 1,027 4.0% +342.7% — +4.04pp
5 Vinfast Auto India 779 3.1% +72.3% — +3.07pp
6 Hyundai 560 2.2% +47.8% −43.0% −5.00pp
7 BMW India 519 2.0% +73.6% +80.8% −0.06pp
8 Byd India 492 1.9% +44.3% +16.3% −1.16pp
9 Kia India 477 1.9% +76.0% +1345.5% +1.64pp
10 Tata Motors 401 1.6% +261.3% — +1.58pp
11 Others 129 0.5% +1512.5% +6350.0% +0.49pp
12 Mercedes-Benz 118 0.5% +31.1% −45.4% −1.12pp
13 Mahindra 112 0.4% +16.7% −65.4% −1.93pp
14 Mahindra Electric Mobility 102 0.4% −50.2% +1357.1% +0.35pp
15 Tesla India Motors and Energy 53 0.2% +82.8% — +0.21pp
All others (8 makers) 80 0.3%

Exact: Vahan's maker x month table filtered to battery-electric fuels (PURE EV, ELECTRIC(BOV)) and the segment's vehicle classes — not a company total multiplied by anything.

Who is gaining

Monthly share of the electric car market for the six largest makers this month, over the last 15 completed months.

Electric Car market share by month

Share of the segment each month, in per cent.

Market share, 2026 to March

The same table over 2026 to March, set against the same months of 2025.

Electric Car market share — 2026 to March
# Manufacturer Units Share vs 2025 Volume YoY
1 Tata Motors (EV) 23,692 38.01% −1.81pp +69.0%
2 MG Motor 15,314 24.57% −12.29pp +18.0%
3 Mahindra Electric Automobile 12,806 20.54% +15.11pp +569.8%
4 Vinfast Auto India 1,709 2.74% +2.74pp —
5 Maruti Suzuki 1,483 2.38% +2.38pp —
6 Hyundai 1,325 2.13% −3.94pp −37.9%
7 BMW India 1,202 1.93% −0.20pp +60.3%
8 Kia India 1,076 1.73% +1.39pp +796.7%
9 Byd India 1,068 1.71% −1.13pp +6.8%
10 Mahindra Electric Mobility 743 1.19% +1.16pp +6091.7%
11 Tata Motors 525 0.84% +0.84pp +52400.0%
12 Mahindra 495 0.79% −3.18pp −64.6%
13 Mercedes-Benz 296 0.47% −0.73pp −30.2%
14 Others 145 0.23% +0.22pp +2316.7%
15 Tesla India Motors and Energy 120 0.19% +0.19pp —

How electric are cars?

The battery-electric share of all cars registered each month — the adoption curve behind the brand race above.

EV share of cars by month

Battery-electric registrations as a per cent of the whole segment.

How electric is each car maker?

Every car maker's March 2026 volume, split into battery-electric and everything else (petrol, diesel, CNG and hybrid). Leave the EVs out and Maruti Suzuki leads the non-electric cars market with 37.9%.

Among the established makers, MG Motor has gone furthest: 82.6% of its cars were electric.

Cars by maker, EV vs non-EV — March 2026
# Manufacturer All cars Electric Non-EV EV share of its sales Share of non-EV market
1 Maruti Suzuki 1,54,370 1,027 1,53,343 0.7% 37.9%
2 Tata Motors (PV) 68,365 8,644 59,721 12.6% 14.8%
3 Mahindra 65,097 6,109 58,988 9.4% 14.6%
4 Hyundai 47,926 560 47,366 1.2% 11.7%
5 Kia India 29,968 477 29,491 1.6% 7.3%
6 Toyota Kirloskar 27,588 0 27,588 0.0% 6.8%
7 Skoda 9,739 0 9,739 0.0% 2.4%
8 MG Motor 7,167 5,917 1,250 82.6% 0.3%
9 Honda Cars 5,792 0 5,792 0.0% 1.4%
10 Renault India 3,657 0 3,657 0.0% 0.9%
11 Nissan India 2,737 0 2,737 0.0% 0.7%
12 BMW India 1,780 519 1,261 29.2% 0.3%
13 Mercedes-Benz 1,627 0 1,627 0.0% 0.4%
14 Stellantis Automobiles India 786 4 782 0.5% 0.2%
15 Vinfast Auto India 779 779 0 100.0% —

All cars: Vahan maker x month for the segment's vehicle classes, every fuel. Electric: the same table, battery-electric fuels only. Non-EV is the difference — petrol, diesel, CNG and hybrid. EV arms filed as separate makers are counted with their parent: Tata Motors (EV) with Tata Motors (PV); Mahindra Electric Automobile with Mahindra.

Where they sell

Maharashtra registered the most electric cars in March 2026 — 3,794, 14.9% of the national total. Karnataka (3,657) and Delhi (2,216) followed.

Top states for electric cars — March 2026
# State Units Share YoY
1 Maharashtra 3,794 14.9% +53.8%
2 Karnataka 3,657 14.4% +175.0%
3 Delhi 2,216 8.7% +37.6%
4 Gujarat 2,200 8.7% +364.1%
5 Tamil Nadu 1,881 7.4% +111.8%
6 Rajasthan 1,801 7.1% +178.4%
7 Telangana 1,747 6.9% +90.9%
8 Kerala 1,653 6.5% −8.6%
9 Uttar Pradesh 1,629 6.4% +95.3%
10 Madhya Pradesh 1,094 4.3% +200.5%
11 Odisha 686 2.7% +130.2%
12 Andhra Pradesh 657 2.6% +139.8%

Frequently asked questions

How many electric cars were sold in India in March 2026?
25,400 electric cars were registered in India in March 2026, +86.1% year on year and +60.4% on February.
Which company sold the most electric cars in March 2026?
Tata Motors (EV) led with 8,637 registrations, 34.0% of the electric car market, followed by Mahindra Electric Automobile (23.6%), MG Motor (23.3%), Maruti Suzuki (4.0%).
What is the electric car market share of each brand?
In March 2026: Tata Motors (EV) 34.0%; Mahindra Electric Automobile 23.6%; MG Motor 23.3%; Maruti Suzuki 4.0%; Vinfast Auto India 3.1%; Hyundai 2.2%. Shares are of electric car registrations only.
What share of cars sold in India are electric?
5.9% of cars registered in March 2026 were battery-electric, against 4.0% a year earlier. Hybrids are not counted as electric.
Which state buys the most electric cars?
Maharashtra registered 3,794 electric cars in March 2026, 14.9% of the national total, ahead of Karnataka.
How are these numbers measured?
They are Vahan retail registrations read from the dashboard with its own filters applied — battery-electric fuels and the segment's vehicle classes — and checked against the national class-by-fuel table before they are published. They count vehicles registered to buyers, not the dispatches manufacturers announce.

Electric Car sales, earlier months

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Source. Every figure is a vehicle registration, taken daily from the Ministry of Road Transport & Highways' Vahan 4 dashboard (vahan.parivahan.gov.in) — the same source FADA and the industry use for retail data. Registrations are not the wholesale dispatch numbers manufacturers announce each month. "EV" means battery electric (Vahan fuels PURE EV and ELECTRIC(BOV)); hybrids are counted separately. Information only, not investment advice.

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