Hybrid Sales 2026 (Year to Date): 3,36,762 Units, Up 29% YoY
Every hybrid 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 hybrids 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.
Hybrid sales month by month, CY 2026
India's hybrid vehicle market registered 3,36,762 hybrids in CY 2026 so far. Volumes accelerated 29.4% against the 2,60,294 logged over the same 9 months of CY 2025.
January was the strongest month of the period at 47,508 hybrids and May the quietest at 33,620, an average of 37,418 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 4.49 L hybrids — a run rate rather than a forecast, and the festive quarter moves it more than anything else on this page.
Hybrids accounted for 1.4% of everything registered in India over the period, up from 1.3% in CY 2025. The whole market ran to 2,37,75,442 vehicles over the same window, up 21.8% year on year.
Hybrid 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 | 47,508 | 41,746 | +13.8% | 14.1% |
| February 2026 | 33,890 | 27,041 | +25.3% | 10.1% |
| March 2026 | 36,924 | 29,212 | +26.4% | 11.0% |
| April 2026 | 35,655 | 31,230 | +14.2% | 10.6% |
| May 2026 | 33,620 | 26,482 | +27.0% | 10.0% |
| June 2026 | 35,217 | 25,534 | +37.9% | 10.5% |
| July 2026 | 34,605 | 27,691 | +25.0% | 10.3% |
| August 2026 | 37,697 | 27,654 | +36.3% | 11.2% |
| September 2026 | 41,646 | 23,704 | +75.7% | 12.4% |
Each month links through to its own full report.
Who is selling the hybrids
Our Vahan data holds manufacturer volumes split by fuel only across a whole calendar year, so the hybrid leaderboard below covers 2026 year to date rather than CY 2026 alone. It is exact for that window.
Maruti Suzuki holds 61.2% of hybrid registrations over 2026 year to date, ahead of Toyota Kirloskar.
Top hybrid manufacturers — 2026 year to date
Hybrid registrations only; pure battery EVs are counted separately.
| # | Manufacturer | Hybrid units | Share | vs full-year 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maruti Suzuki | 2,25,000 | 61.21% | +1.89pp |
| 2 | Toyota Kirloskar | 1,27,833 | 34.78% | −1.38pp |
| 3 | Mercedes-Benz | 11,365 | 3.09% | −0.62pp |
| 4 | Honda Cars | 928 | 0.25% | −0.02pp |
| 5 | Mercedes-Benz | 855 | 0.23% | +0.04pp |
| 6 | Jaguar Land Rover India | 525 | 0.14% | +0.01pp |
| 7 | Kia India | 377 | 0.10% | +0.10pp |
| 8 | Skoda | 248 | 0.07% | −0.03pp |
| 9 | BMW India | 207 | 0.06% | 0.00pp |
| 10 | Audi Ag | 89 | 0.02% | −0.02pp |
| 11 | Automobili Lamborghini S.P.A | 46 | 0.01% | 0.00pp |
| 12 | Maserati S.P.A | 29 | 0.01% | 0.00pp |
| 13 | Porsche Ag Germany | 26 | 0.01% | 0.00pp |
| 14 | Bentley Motors Ltd (Savwipl) | 15 | 0.00% | 0.00pp |
| 15 | Ferrari Spa (Importer:Select Cars P Ltd) | 9 | 0.00% | 0.00pp |
Which segments the hybrids are in
The chart is period-exact: it is the hybrid 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.
Hybrid share of the Indian market, month by month
Hybrids as a percentage of every vehicle registered that month.
Strong, mild and plug-in hybrids together; pure battery EVs are counted separately.
| Segment | 2026 hybrid units | Share | vs full-year 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cars & UVs | 3,57,053 | 97.14% | +0.47pp |
| Taxis & Cabs | 9,327 | 2.54% | −0.38pp |
| Other | 633 | 0.17% | −0.05pp |
| Buses | 556 | 0.15% | −0.05pp |
Fuel mix, CY 2026
Battery-electric vehicles were 10.7% of every registration in CY 2026, against 8.6% in CY 2025. That is 25,37,603 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 | 1,69,69,860 | 71.38% | +18.2% | −2.14pp |
| Electric | 25,37,603 | 10.67% | +51.9% | +2.12pp |
| Diesel | 25,28,081 | 10.63% | +20.5% | −0.11pp |
| CNG / LPG | 13,40,658 | 5.64% | +23.4% | +0.08pp |
| Hybrid | 3,36,762 | 1.42% | +29.4% | +0.08pp |
| Other | 62,478 | 0.26% | +11.4% | −0.02pp |
Hybrid sales, year by year
Across the 2 completed windows in our Vahan record, hybrid registrations went from 3,57,476 in CY 2024 to 3,69,002 in CY 2025, up 3.2% 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.
Hybrid registrations by calendar year
* window still in progress.
| Period | Months | Units | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| CY 2026 (to date) | 9 | 3,36,762 | +29.4% |
| CY 2025 | 12 | 3,69,002 | +3.2% |
| CY 2024 | 12 | 3,57,476 | +7.5% |
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. Tamil Nadu leads with 35,348 registrations, 9.6% of the segment.
| # | State | Units | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tamil Nadu | 35,348 | 9.6% |
| 2 | Maharashtra | 34,577 | 9.4% |
| 3 | Karnataka | 33,887 | 9.2% |
| 4 | Kerala | 29,551 | 8.0% |
| 5 | Uttar Pradesh | 27,755 | 7.6% |
| 6 | Haryana | 22,775 | 6.2% |
| 7 | Gujarat | 20,916 | 5.7% |
| 8 | Delhi | 19,353 | 5.3% |
| 9 | Punjab | 18,667 | 5.1% |
| 10 | Chhattisgarh | 11,427 | 3.1% |
| 11 | Rajasthan | 11,019 | 3.0% |
| 12 | Madhya Pradesh | 10,353 | 2.8% |
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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.
