EV Vahan retail registrations

EV Sales H1 FY 2026-27: 18,12,024 Units, Up 60% YoY

Every EV registered in India over H1 FY 2026-27 — April 2026 to September 2026. The first half of the financial year, April to September. Month-by-month volumes, the manufacturer leaderboard, which segments those EVs are in, and the same window in every earlier year on record.

18,12,024
EV registrations
H1 FY 2026-27
+59.8%
Year on year
vs H1 FY 2025-26 (6 mo)
3,02,004
Monthly average
6 months counted
3.37 L
Best month
September 2026
11.6%
Share of all registrations
+2.83pp vs H1 FY 2025-26

EV sales month by month, H1 FY 2026-27

India's electric-vehicle market registered 18,12,024 EVs in H1 FY 2026-27. Volumes shot up 59.8% against the 11,34,055 logged over the same 6 months of H1 FY 2025-26.

September was the strongest month of the period at 3,36,963 EVs and April the quietest at 2,51,658, an average of 3,02,004 a month. Every one of those 6 months grew on the same month a year earlier.

September is the quiet month before the festive peak — buyers routinely defer registrations into the auspicious October window.

H1 FY 2026-27 ran from April 2026 to September 2026 and is closed. Every month in the table below is final, and every comparison on this page is against the matching month of H1 FY 2025-26.

EVs accounted for 11.6% of everything registered in India over the period, up from 8.8% in H1 FY 2025-26. The whole market ran to 1,55,77,870 vehicles over the same window, up 20.9% year on year.

EV registrations by month — H1 FY 2026-27 vs H1 FY 2025-26

Vahan retail registrations, each month set against the same month a year earlier.

EV sales, month by month — H1 FY 2026-27

Every completed month of H1 FY 2026-27, with the matching month of H1 FY 2025-26 beside it.

Month H1 FY 2026-27 units H1 FY 2025-26 units YoY Share of period
April 2026 2,51,658 1,74,915 +43.9% 13.9%
May 2026 2,76,667 1,86,918 +48.0% 15.3%
June 2026 3,10,766 1,88,071 +65.2% 17.2%
July 2026 3,32,811 1,97,337 +68.7% 18.4%
August 2026 3,03,159 1,95,273 +55.2% 16.7%
September 2026 3,36,963 1,91,541 +75.9% 18.6%

Each month links through to its own full report.

Who is selling the EVs

Our Vahan data holds manufacturer volumes split by fuel only across a whole calendar year, so the EV leaderboard below covers 2026 year to date rather than H1 FY 2026-27 alone. It is exact for that window.

Bajaj Auto holds 18.0% of battery-electric registrations over 2026 year to date, ahead of TVS Motor.

Top EV manufacturers — 2026 year to date

Battery-electric registrations only; hybrids are counted separately.

EV market share — 2026 year to date
# Manufacturer EV units Share vs full-year 2025
1 Bajaj Auto 4,84,601 17.98% +2.72pp
2 TVS Motor 4,75,049 17.63% +3.33pp
3 Ather Energy 2,76,002 10.24% +1.06pp
4 Hero MotoCorp 1,86,057 6.90% +2.11pp
5 Ola Electric 1,13,593 4.21% −4.46pp
6 Mahindra Last Mile 1,11,487 4.14% −0.03pp
7 Tata Motors (EV) 1,08,119 4.01% +0.76pp
8 Greaves Electric 76,084 2.82% +0.37pp
9 Mahindra Electric Automobile 58,029 2.15% +0.86pp
10 MG Motor 51,903 1.93% −0.50pp
11 River Mobility 41,875 1.55% +0.83pp
12 BGauss 37,311 1.38% +0.32pp
13 YC Electric 20,982 0.78% −0.97pp
14 Dilli Electric 15,876 0.59% −0.34pp
15 Saera Electric 15,295 0.57% −0.48pp

Which segments the EVs are in

The chart is period-exact: it is the battery-electric share of every vehicle registered in each month of H1 FY 2026-27. The split by segment underneath comes from a calendar-year table — Vahan publishes class against fuel only across a whole year — so it covers 2026 year to date.

EV share of the Indian market, month by month

EVs as a percentage of every vehicle registered that month.

EV registrations by segment — 2026 year to date

Battery-electric volumes only; hybrids are counted separately.

Segment 2026 EV units Share vs full-year 2025
Two-Wheelers 16,68,366 61.90% +4.95pp
Three-Wheelers 7,21,024 26.75% −7.22pp
Cars & UVs 2,60,467 9.66% +1.70pp
Goods Carriers 24,016 0.89% +0.40pp
Taxis & Cabs 13,970 0.52% +0.18pp
Buses 5,698 0.21% 0.00pp
Other 1,415 0.05% −0.01pp
Tractors 245 0.01% 0.00pp

Fuel mix, H1 FY 2026-27

Battery-electric vehicles were 11.6% of every registration in H1 FY 2026-27, against 8.8% in H1 FY 2025-26. That is 18,12,024 electric vehicles across all segments.

Fuel labels come straight from Vahan and the split below covers the whole market over April 2026 to September 2026 — petrol includes the E20 ethanol blend, which is now the single largest label in the database.

Registrations by fuel — H1 FY 2026-27

Every vehicle registered in the period, by fuel.

Registrations by fuel — H1 FY 2026-27

Exact fuel volumes over April 2026 to September 2026.

Fuel H1 FY 2026-27 units Share vs H1 FY 2025-26 Share move
Petrol 1,10,29,780 70.80% +16.0% −3.01pp
Electric 18,12,024 11.63% +59.8% +2.83pp
Diesel 16,18,763 10.39% +19.9% −0.09pp
CNG / LPG 8,62,685 5.54% +24.6% +0.16pp
Hybrid 2,18,175 1.40% +34.4% +0.14pp
Other 36,443 0.23% +6.7% −0.03pp

Every H1 on record

Across the 3 completed windows in our Vahan record, EV registrations went from 9,28,912 in H1 FY 2024-25 to 18,12,024 in H1 FY 2026-27, up 95.1% over the stretch.

EV registrations by half year

* window still in progress.

EV sales by half year
Period Months Units YoY
H1 FY 2026-27 6 18,12,024 +59.8%
H1 FY 2025-26 6 11,34,055 +22.1%
H1 FY 2024-25 6 9,28,912 +20.7%

Each row compares only the months that window holds, so a part period is never set against a full one.

Frequently asked questions

How many EVs were sold in India in H1 FY 2026-27?
18,12,024 EVs were registered in India in H1 FY 2026-27, according to Vahan registration data covering April 2026 to September 2026. That is +59.8% against the 11,34,055 registered over the same months of H1 FY 2025-26.
What period does H1 FY 2026-27 cover?
H1 FY 2026-27 runs April to September — April 2026 to September 2026, all 6 months complete. India's financial year runs from 1 April to 31 March, which is the year every listed automaker reports on.
Which was the strongest month for EV sales in H1 FY 2026-27?
September 2026 at 3,36,963 registrations. The quietest was April 2026 at 2,51,658, and the period averaged 3,02,004 EVs a month.
Which half year had the highest EV sales?
Of the 3 comparable windows in our record, H1 FY 2026-27 is the largest at 18,12,024 registrations.
Are these retail sales or factory dispatches?
Retail. Every figure is a vehicle registration recorded on the Ministry of Road Transport & Highways' Vahan 4 dashboard — the same source FADA uses — not the wholesale dispatch numbers manufacturers announce each month. Registrations reach Vahan a few days after the sale, so recent months keep rising slightly for a while after they close.

EV sales, other periods

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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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