EV Sales 2026 (Year to Date): 25,36,996 Units, Up 52% YoY
Every EV registered in India over CY 2026 so far — January 2026 to September 2026. The calendar year, January to December. Month-by-month volumes, the manufacturer leaderboard, which segments those EVs are in, and the same window in every earlier year on record.
Live. CY 2026 is still in progress — this page updates every day as new registrations are published.
EV sales month by month, CY 2026
India's electric-vehicle market registered 25,36,996 EVs in CY 2026 so far. Volumes shot up 51.9% against the 16,70,240 logged over the same 9 months of CY 2025.
September was the strongest month of the period at 3,36,963 EVs and February the quietest at 2,03,803, an average of 2,81,888 a month. Every one of those 9 months grew on the same month a year earlier.
CY 2026 still has 3 months to run. Held at the pace of the 9 months already counted, it would finish near 33.83 L EVs — a run rate rather than a forecast, and the festive quarter moves it more than anything else on this page.
EVs accounted for 10.7% of everything registered in India over the period, up from 8.6% in CY 2025. The whole market ran to 2,37,71,564 vehicles over the same window, up 21.8% year on year.
EV registrations by month — CY 2026 vs CY 2025
Vahan retail registrations, each month set against the same month a year earlier. The lighter bar is October so far, not yet in the CY 2026 total.
Every completed month of CY 2026, with the matching month of CY 2025 beside it.
| Month | CY 2026 units | CY 2025 units | YoY | Share of period |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2026 | 2,29,112 | 1,77,195 | +29.3% | 9.0% |
| February 2026 | 2,03,803 | 1,45,288 | +40.3% | 8.0% |
| March 2026 | 2,92,057 | 2,13,702 | +36.7% | 11.5% |
| April 2026 | 2,51,658 | 1,74,915 | +43.9% | 9.9% |
| May 2026 | 2,76,667 | 1,86,918 | +48.0% | 10.9% |
| June 2026 | 3,10,766 | 1,88,071 | +65.2% | 12.2% |
| July 2026 | 3,32,811 | 1,97,337 | +68.7% | 13.1% |
| August 2026 | 3,03,159 | 1,95,273 | +55.2% | 11.9% |
| September 2026 | 3,36,963 | 1,91,541 | +75.9% | 13.3% |
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 CY 2026 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.
| # | 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 CY 2026. 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.
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, CY 2026
Battery-electric vehicles were 10.7% of every registration in CY 2026, against 8.6% in CY 2025. That is 25,36,996 electric vehicles across all segments.
Fuel labels come straight from Vahan and the split below covers the whole market over January 2026 to September 2026 — petrol includes the E20 ethanol blend, which is now the single largest label in the database.
Registrations by fuel — CY 2026
Every vehicle registered in the period, by fuel.
Exact fuel volumes over January 2026 to September 2026.
| Fuel | CY 2026 units | Share | vs CY 2025 | Share move |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Petrol | 1,69,67,860 | 71.38% | +18.2% | −2.14pp |
| Electric | 25,36,996 | 10.67% | +51.9% | +2.12pp |
| Diesel | 25,27,597 | 10.63% | +20.5% | −0.11pp |
| CNG / LPG | 13,40,123 | 5.64% | +23.4% | +0.07pp |
| Hybrid | 3,36,496 | 1.42% | +29.3% | +0.08pp |
| Other | 62,492 | 0.26% | +11.4% | −0.02pp |
EV sales, year by year
Across the 2 completed windows in our Vahan record, EV registrations went from 20,26,406 in CY 2024 to 23,56,971 in CY 2025, up 16.3% over the stretch.
CY 2026 is still running — 9 of its 12 months are counted — so it is a part window and is never set against a full one. Its year-on-year figure compares only the months it actually holds.
EV registrations by calendar year
* window still in progress.
| Period | Months | Units | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| CY 2026 (to date) | 9 | 25,36,996 | +51.9% |
| CY 2025 | 12 | 23,56,971 | +16.3% |
| CY 2024 | 12 | 20,26,406 | +28.0% |
Each row compares only the months that window holds, so a part period is never set against a full one.
Where the demand was
State-level volumes for a single segment come from a calendar-year table, so the figures below cover 2026 year to date. Uttar Pradesh leads with 3,75,565 registrations, 13.9% of the segment.
| # | State | Units | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Uttar Pradesh | 3,75,565 | 13.9% |
| 2 | Maharashtra | 3,02,040 | 11.2% |
| 3 | Karnataka | 2,44,136 | 9.1% |
| 4 | Tamil Nadu | 2,29,073 | 8.5% |
| 5 | Madhya Pradesh | 1,56,171 | 5.8% |
| 6 | Rajasthan | 1,39,542 | 5.2% |
| 7 | West Bengal | 1,33,197 | 4.9% |
| 8 | Bihar | 1,30,438 | 4.8% |
| 9 | Kerala | 1,25,446 | 4.7% |
| 10 | Odisha | 1,24,962 | 4.6% |
| 11 | Telangana | 1,11,451 | 4.1% |
| 12 | Gujarat | 1,02,330 | 3.8% |
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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.
Using these numbers? Cite "Flash Finance (Vahan data)" with a link to this page. This report's chart card is free to republish with the same credit. A free, auto-updating EV registrations widget can go on any website.
