Electric Car Sales May 2026: Tata Motors (EV) Leads With 38.8% Share
Every electric car registered in India in May 2026, brand by brand: volumes, market share inside the segment, month-on-month and year-on-year change, and who gained or lost share.
How May went
India registered 27,578 electric cars in May 2026, +96.4% on May 2025 and +9.0% on April.
Across the 5 completed months of 2026 to May, 1,15,214 electric cars have been registered, +81.6% on the same months of 2025.
Electric cars were 7.2% of every car registered in May 2026, against 4.7% in May 2025 (+2.5pp).
Monthly electric car registrations, 2024–2026
One line per calendar year. A month still filling is left off the line.
Electric Car market share, May 2026
Tata Motors (EV) led the month with 10,693 registrations — 38.8% of the electric car market — ahead of Mahindra Electric Automobile on 6,238 (22.6%), a gap of 4,455 units. Tata Motors (EV) also led April.
Maruti Suzuki has gained the most share against May 2025, +6.07pp to 6.1%; MG Motor has lost the most, −12.32pp to 19.2%.
The top three hold 80.6% of the segment; 23 manufacturers registered at least one electric car.
Top 10 electric car makers, May 2026
Electric car registrations only — every other vehicle type these companies make is excluded.
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 | May 2026 | Share | MoM | YoY | Share vs May 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tata Motors (EV) | 10,693 | 38.8% | +17.2% | +124.7% | +4.88pp |
| 2 | Mahindra Electric Automobile | 6,238 | 22.6% | +6.6% | +136.7% | +3.86pp |
| 3 | MG Motor | 5,297 | 19.2% | −4.7% | +19.6% | −12.32pp |
| 4 | Maruti Suzuki | 1,673 | 6.1% | +23.7% | — | +6.07pp |
| 5 | Vinfast Auto India | 999 | 3.6% | +8.4% | — | +3.62pp |
| 6 | Byd India | 744 | 2.7% | +37.0% | +45.9% | −0.93pp |
| 7 | Hyundai | 478 | 1.7% | −15.2% | −33.5% | −3.39pp |
| 8 | BMW India | 375 | 1.4% | +7.8% | +84.7% | −0.09pp |
| 9 | Mahindra | 340 | 1.2% | +79.9% | +52.5% | −0.36pp |
| 10 | Kia India | 321 | 1.2% | −5.6% | +682.9% | +0.87pp |
| 11 | Mercedes-Benz | 222 | 0.8% | +83.5% | +82.0% | −0.06pp |
| 12 | Tata Motors | 54 | 0.2% | −72.4% | +5300.0% | +0.19pp |
| 13 | Mahindra Electric Mobility | 42 | 0.2% | −6.7% | −82.5% | −1.56pp |
| 14 | Tesla India Motors and Energy | 36 | 0.1% | −16.3% | — | +0.13pp |
| 15 | Volvo | 33 | 0.1% | −29.8% | −13.2% | −0.15pp |
| All others (8 makers) | 33 | 0.1% |
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 May
The same table over 2026 to May, set against the same months of 2025.
| # | Manufacturer | Units | Share | vs 2025 | Volume YoY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tata Motors (EV) | 43,508 | 37.76% | +0.33pp | +83.2% |
| 2 | MG Motor | 26,168 | 22.71% | −11.19pp | +21.6% |
| 3 | Mahindra Electric Automobile | 24,896 | 21.61% | +9.74pp | +230.5% |
| 4 | Maruti Suzuki | 4,509 | 3.91% | +3.91pp | — |
| 5 | Vinfast Auto India | 3,630 | 3.15% | +3.15pp | — |
| 6 | Hyundai | 2,367 | 2.05% | −3.75pp | −35.7% |
| 7 | Byd India | 2,355 | 2.04% | −0.95pp | +23.9% |
| 8 | BMW India | 1,925 | 1.67% | −0.08pp | +73.3% |
| 9 | Kia India | 1,737 | 1.51% | +1.19pp | +755.7% |
| 10 | Mahindra | 1,024 | 0.89% | −2.15pp | −46.8% |
| 11 | Mahindra Electric Mobility | 830 | 0.72% | +0.13pp | +120.7% |
| 12 | Tata Motors | 775 | 0.67% | +0.67pp | +25733.3% |
| 13 | Mercedes-Benz | 639 | 0.55% | −0.50pp | −4.5% |
| 14 | Tesla India Motors and Energy | 199 | 0.17% | +0.17pp | — |
| 15 | Volvo | 177 | 0.15% | −0.15pp | −9.2% |
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 May 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 40.9%.
Among the established makers, MG Motor has gone furthest: 85.4% of its cars were electric.
| # | Manufacturer | All cars | Electric | Non-EV | EV share of its sales | Share of non-EV market |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maruti Suzuki | 1,46,428 | 1,673 | 1,44,755 | 1.1% | 40.9% |
| 2 | Tata Motors (PV) | 55,288 | 10,698 | 44,590 | 19.3% | 12.6% |
| 3 | Mahindra | 51,992 | 6,578 | 45,414 | 12.7% | 12.8% |
| 4 | Hyundai | 44,112 | 478 | 43,634 | 1.1% | 12.3% |
| 5 | Kia India | 25,301 | 321 | 24,980 | 1.3% | 7.1% |
| 6 | Toyota Kirloskar | 25,069 | 0 | 25,069 | 0.0% | 7.1% |
| 7 | Skoda | 8,796 | 0 | 8,796 | 0.0% | 2.5% |
| 8 | MG Motor | 6,199 | 5,297 | 902 | 85.4% | 0.3% |
| 9 | Honda Cars | 4,465 | 0 | 4,465 | 0.0% | 1.3% |
| 10 | Renault India | 4,243 | 0 | 4,243 | 0.0% | 1.2% |
| 11 | Nissan India | 3,028 | 0 | 3,028 | 0.0% | 0.9% |
| 12 | BMW India | 1,440 | 375 | 1,065 | 26.0% | 0.3% |
| 13 | Mercedes-Benz | 1,402 | 0 | 1,402 | 0.0% | 0.4% |
| 14 | Vinfast Auto India | 999 | 999 | 0 | 100.0% | — |
| 15 | Byd India | 744 | 744 | 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 May 2026 — 3,867, 14.0% of the national total. Telangana (3,614) and Kerala (2,417) followed.
| # | State | Units | Share | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maharashtra | 3,867 | 14.0% | +108.9% |
| 2 | Telangana | 3,614 | 13.1% | +179.7% |
| 3 | Kerala | 2,417 | 8.8% | +69.0% |
| 4 | Rajasthan | 2,276 | 8.3% | +178.9% |
| 5 | Delhi | 2,264 | 8.2% | +141.9% |
| 6 | Uttar Pradesh | 2,048 | 7.4% | +77.9% |
| 7 | Tamil Nadu | 1,897 | 6.9% | +96.2% |
| 8 | Gujarat | 1,792 | 6.5% | +80.3% |
| 9 | Karnataka | 1,730 | 6.3% | +20.1% |
| 10 | Andhra Pradesh | 991 | 3.6% | +125.7% |
| 11 | Odisha | 827 | 3.0% | +163.4% |
| 12 | Madhya Pradesh | 643 | 2.3% | +53.8% |
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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.
