Hybrid Sales Q1 FY 2026-27: 1,04,492 Units, Up 26% YoY
Every hybrid registered in India over Q1 FY 2026-27 — April 2026 to June 2026. Q1 of the financial year, April to June. Month-by-month volumes, the manufacturer leaderboard, which segments those hybrids are in, and the same window in every earlier year on record.
Hybrid sales month by month, Q1 FY 2026-27
India's hybrid vehicle market registered 1,04,492 hybrids in Q1 FY 2026-27. Volumes accelerated 25.5% against the 83,246 logged over the same 3 months of Q1 FY 2025-26.
April was the strongest month of the period at 35,655 hybrids and May the quietest at 33,620, an average of 34,831 a month. Every one of those 3 months grew on the same month a year earlier.
April opens the new fiscal year, usually with price revisions and a reset in dealer inventory.
Q1 FY 2026-27 ran from April 2026 to June 2026 and is closed. Every month in the table below is final, and every comparison on this page is against the matching month of Q1 FY 2025-26.
Hybrids accounted for 1.3% of everything registered in India over the period, up from 1.2% in Q1 FY 2025-26. The whole market ran to 79,09,832 vehicles over the same window, up 16.0% year on year.
Hybrid registrations by month — Q1 FY 2026-27 vs Q1 FY 2025-26
Vahan retail registrations, each month set against the same month a year earlier.
Every completed month of Q1 FY 2026-27, with the matching month of Q1 FY 2025-26 beside it.
| Month | Q1 FY 2026-27 units | Q1 FY 2025-26 units | YoY | Share of period |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2026 | 35,655 | 31,230 | +14.2% | 34.1% |
| May 2026 | 33,620 | 26,482 | +27.0% | 32.2% |
| June 2026 | 35,217 | 25,534 | +37.9% | 33.7% |
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 Q1 FY 2026-27 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 Q1 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.
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, Q1 FY 2026-27
Battery-electric vehicles were 10.6% of every registration in Q1 FY 2026-27, against 8.1% in Q1 FY 2025-26. That is 8,39,102 electric vehicles across all segments.
Fuel labels come straight from Vahan and the split below covers the whole market over April 2026 to June 2026 — petrol includes the E20 ethanol blend, which is now the single largest label in the database.
Registrations by fuel — Q1 FY 2026-27
Every vehicle registered in the period, by fuel.
Exact fuel volumes over April 2026 to June 2026.
| Fuel | Q1 FY 2026-27 units | Share | vs Q1 FY 2025-26 | Share move |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Petrol | 57,41,590 | 72.59% | +11.3% | −3.08pp |
| Electric | 8,39,102 | 10.61% | +52.6% | +2.54pp |
| Diesel | 7,85,100 | 9.93% | +15.9% | −0.01pp |
| CNG / LPG | 4,20,625 | 5.32% | +27.0% | +0.46pp |
| Hybrid | 1,04,492 | 1.32% | +25.5% | +0.10pp |
| Other | 18,923 | 0.24% | +9.4% | −0.01pp |
Every Q1 on record
Across the 3 completed windows in our Vahan record, hybrid registrations went from 82,365 in Q1 FY 2024-25 to 1,04,492 in Q1 FY 2026-27, up 26.9% over the stretch.
Hybrid registrations by quarter
* window still in progress.
| Period | Months | Units | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 FY 2026-27 | 3 | 1,04,492 | +25.5% |
| Q1 FY 2025-26 | 3 | 83,246 | +1.1% |
| Q1 FY 2024-25 | 3 | 82,365 | +2.2% |
Each row compares only the months that window holds, so a part period is never set against a full one.
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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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