Electric Car Sales September 2026: Tata Motors (EV) Leads, 27,671 Units So Far
Electric car registrations for September 2026, month to date and updated every day — who is leading, each brand's market share inside the electric car segment, and how it compares with August.
Live. September 2026 is still in progress — this page updates every day as new registrations are published.
September so far
27,671 electric cars have been registered in India in September 2026 so far. The figure is a running total and rises every day as Vahan publishes registrations, so it is not set against a finished month here.
For scale, August finished at 29,856 and September 2025 at 17,795.
Across the 8 completed months of 2026 to August, 2,10,617 electric cars have been registered, +83.1% on the same months of 2025.
Electric cars were 8.4% of every car registered in September 2026 so far, against 6.0% in September 2025 (+2.4pp).
Monthly electric car registrations, 2024–2026
One line per calendar year. A month still filling is left off the line.
Electric Car market share, September 2026
Tata Motors (EV) leads so far with 11,803 registrations — 42.7% of the electric car market — ahead of Mahindra Electric Automobile on 6,396 (23.1%), a gap of 5,407 units. Tata Motors (EV) also led August.
Mahindra Electric Automobile has gained the most share against September 2025, +3.85pp to 23.1%; MG Motor has lost the most, −10.84pp to 15.4%.
The top three hold 81.2% of the segment so far this month; 18 manufacturers registered at least one electric car.
Top 10 electric car makers, September 2026 so far
Electric car registrations only — every other vehicle type these companies make is excluded.
Share is of every electric car registered in the month. A running month is not set against a finished one, so volume changes appear once it closes; share moves are shown against August's final table.
| # | Manufacturer | Sep so far | Share | Share vs Aug |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tata Motors (EV) | 11,803 | 42.7% | −1.87pp |
| 2 | Mahindra Electric Automobile | 6,396 | 23.1% | +1.06pp |
| 3 | MG Motor | 4,262 | 15.4% | −0.67pp |
| 4 | Kia India | 923 | 3.3% | +1.39pp |
| 5 | Maruti Suzuki | 880 | 3.2% | −1.57pp |
| 6 | Byd India | 726 | 2.6% | +0.74pp |
| 7 | Vinfast Auto India | 706 | 2.6% | −0.09pp |
| 8 | Hyundai | 664 | 2.4% | −0.39pp |
| 9 | BMW India | 401 | 1.4% | +0.48pp |
| 10 | Mahindra | 284 | 1.0% | +0.33pp |
| 11 | Tesla India Motors and Energy | 234 | 0.8% | +0.45pp |
| 12 | Toyota Kirloskar | 210 | 0.8% | +0.20pp |
| 13 | Mercedes-Benz | 108 | 0.4% | −0.03pp |
| 14 | Volvo | 39 | 0.1% | +0.02pp |
| 15 | Stellantis Automobiles India | 22 | 0.1% | +0.02pp |
| All others (3 makers) | 13 | 0.0% |
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 August
The same table over 2026 to August, set against the same months of 2025.
| # | Manufacturer | Units | Share | vs 2025 | Volume YoY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tata Motors (EV) | 83,206 | 39.51% | +2.47pp | +95.3% |
| 2 | Mahindra Electric Automobile | 46,597 | 22.12% | +7.48pp | +176.7% |
| 3 | MG Motor | 42,774 | 20.31% | −12.33pp | +13.9% |
| 4 | Maruti Suzuki | 9,587 | 4.55% | +4.55pp | — |
| 5 | Vinfast Auto India | 6,524 | 3.10% | +3.10pp | — |
| 6 | Byd India | 4,634 | 2.20% | −0.71pp | +38.3% |
| 7 | Hyundai | 4,173 | 1.98% | −2.93pp | −26.2% |
| 8 | BMW India | 3,129 | 1.49% | −0.29pp | +53.0% |
| 9 | Kia India | 3,118 | 1.48% | +0.78pp | +285.4% |
| 10 | Mahindra | 2,365 | 1.12% | −1.13pp | −8.6% |
| 11 | Mercedes-Benz | 1,184 | 0.56% | −0.31pp | +17.7% |
| 12 | Mahindra Electric Mobility | 841 | 0.40% | −0.75pp | −36.3% |
| 13 | Tata Motors | 820 | 0.39% | +0.38pp | +9011.1% |
| 14 | Tesla India Motors and Energy | 470 | 0.22% | +0.22pp | — |
| 15 | Toyota Kirloskar | 327 | 0.16% | +0.15pp | +32600.0% |
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 September 2026 so far 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 40.3%.
Among the established makers, MG Motor has gone furthest: 80.0% of its cars were electric.
| # | Manufacturer | All cars | Electric | Non-EV | EV share of its sales | Share of non-EV market |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maruti Suzuki | 1,22,702 | 880 | 1,21,822 | 0.7% | 40.3% |
| 2 | Mahindra | 47,962 | 6,680 | 41,282 | 13.9% | 13.7% |
| 3 | Tata Motors (PV) | 45,823 | 11,807 | 34,016 | 25.8% | 11.3% |
| 4 | Hyundai | 40,224 | 664 | 39,560 | 1.7% | 13.1% |
| 5 | Kia India | 22,404 | 923 | 21,481 | 4.1% | 7.1% |
| 6 | Toyota Kirloskar | 21,144 | 210 | 20,934 | 1.0% | 6.9% |
| 7 | Skoda | 7,431 | 0 | 7,431 | 0.0% | 2.5% |
| 8 | MG Motor | 5,328 | 4,262 | 1,066 | 80.0% | 0.4% |
| 9 | Honda Cars | 4,380 | 0 | 4,380 | 0.0% | 1.5% |
| 10 | Renault India | 2,954 | 0 | 2,954 | 0.0% | 1.0% |
| 11 | Nissan India | 2,572 | 0 | 2,572 | 0.0% | 0.9% |
| 12 | BMW India | 1,587 | 401 | 1,186 | 25.3% | 0.4% |
| 13 | Mercedes-Benz | 1,452 | 0 | 1,452 | 0.0% | 0.5% |
| 14 | Byd India | 726 | 726 | 0 | 100.0% | — |
| 15 | Vinfast Auto India | 706 | 706 | 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 September 2026 so far — 4,475, 16.2% of the national total. Telangana (2,617) and Tamil Nadu (2,514) followed.
| # | State | Units | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maharashtra | 4,475 | 16.2% |
| 2 | Telangana | 2,617 | 9.5% |
| 3 | Tamil Nadu | 2,514 | 9.1% |
| 4 | Kerala | 2,336 | 8.4% |
| 5 | Gujarat | 2,224 | 8.0% |
| 6 | Rajasthan | 2,068 | 7.5% |
| 7 | Karnataka | 1,868 | 6.8% |
| 8 | Delhi | 1,626 | 5.9% |
| 9 | Uttar Pradesh | 1,411 | 5.1% |
| 10 | Haryana | 1,207 | 4.4% |
| 11 | Odisha | 1,005 | 3.6% |
| 12 | Andhra Pradesh | 913 | 3.3% |
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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.
