Hybrid Sales Q4 FY 2025-26: 1,18,349 Units, Up 20.7% YoY
Every hybrid registered in India over Q4 FY 2025-26 — January 2026 to March 2026. Q4 of the financial year, January to March. 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, Q4 FY 2025-26
India's hybrid vehicle market registered 1,18,349 hybrids in Q4 FY 2025-26. Volumes grew strongly 20.7% against the 98,043 logged over the same 3 months of Q4 FY 2024-25.
January was the strongest month of the period at 47,515 hybrids and February the quietest at 33,895, an average of 39,450 a month. Every one of those 3 months grew on the same month a year earlier.
January carries the new-year registration rush — buyers who took delivery in late December often register in the first week.
Q4 FY 2025-26 ran from January 2026 to March 2026 and is closed. Every month in the table below is final, and every comparison on this page is against the matching month of Q4 FY 2024-25.
Hybrids accounted for 1.4% of everything registered in India over the period, down from 1.5% in Q4 FY 2024-25. The whole market ran to 81,93,329 vehicles over the same window, up 23.4% year on year.
Hybrid registrations by month — Q4 FY 2025-26 vs Q4 FY 2024-25
Vahan retail registrations, each month set against the same month a year earlier.
Every completed month of Q4 FY 2025-26, with the matching month of Q4 FY 2024-25 beside it.
| Month | Q4 FY 2025-26 units | Q4 FY 2024-25 units | YoY | Share of period |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2026 | 47,515 | 41,765 | +13.8% | 40.1% |
| February 2026 | 33,895 | 27,059 | +25.3% | 28.6% |
| March 2026 | 36,939 | 29,219 | +26.4% | 31.2% |
Each month links through to its own full report.
Who is selling the hybrids
Vahan publishes manufacturer volumes split by fuel only across a whole calendar year, so the hybrid leaderboard below covers 2026 year to date rather than Q4 FY 2025-26 alone. It is exact for that window.
Maruti Suzuki holds 59.7% 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 | 1,80,024 | 59.69% | +0.35pp |
| 2 | Toyota Kirloskar | 1,09,708 | 36.38% | +0.24pp |
| 3 | Mercedes-Benz | 9,303 | 3.08% | −0.62pp |
| 4 | Honda Cars | 809 | 0.27% | −0.01pp |
| 5 | Mercedes-Benz | 718 | 0.24% | +0.05pp |
| 6 | Jaguar Land Rover India | 449 | 0.15% | +0.02pp |
| 7 | Skoda | 212 | 0.07% | −0.03pp |
| 8 | BMW India | 166 | 0.06% | 0.00pp |
| 9 | Audi Ag | 78 | 0.03% | −0.01pp |
| 10 | Automobili Lamborghini S.P.A | 38 | 0.01% | 0.00pp |
| 11 | Porsche Ag Germany | 22 | 0.01% | 0.00pp |
| 12 | Maserati S.P.A | 19 | 0.01% | 0.00pp |
| 13 | Bentley Motors Ltd (Savwipl) | 13 | 0.00% | 0.00pp |
| 14 | Ferrari Spa (Importer:Select Cars P Ltd) | 7 | 0.00% | 0.00pp |
| 15 | Ferrari Spa (Importer:Navnit Motors Pvt Ltd) | 6 | 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 Q4 FY 2025-26. 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 | 2,93,103 | 97.19% | +0.53pp |
| Taxis & Cabs | 7,457 | 2.47% | −0.45pp |
| Other | 533 | 0.18% | −0.04pp |
| Buses | 484 | 0.16% | −0.04pp |
Fuel mix, Q4 FY 2025-26
Battery-electric vehicles were 8.8% of every registration in Q4 FY 2025-26, against 8.1% in Q4 FY 2024-25. That is 7,24,939 electric vehicles across all segments.
Fuel labels come straight from Vahan and the split below covers the whole market over January 2026 to March 2026 — petrol includes the E20 ethanol blend, which is now the single largest label in the database.
Registrations by fuel — Q4 FY 2025-26
Every vehicle registered in the period, by fuel.
Exact fuel volumes over January 2026 to March 2026.
| Fuel | Q4 FY 2025-26 units | Share | vs Q4 FY 2024-25 | Share move |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Petrol | 59,38,823 | 72.48% | +22.6% | −0.47pp |
| Diesel | 9,08,718 | 11.09% | +21.5% | −0.16pp |
| Electric | 7,24,939 | 8.85% | +35.2% | +0.78pp |
| CNG / LPG | 4,76,447 | 5.82% | +21.3% | −0.10pp |
| Hybrid | 1,18,349 | 1.44% | +20.7% | −0.03pp |
| Other | 26,053 | 0.32% | +18.9% | −0.01pp |
Every Q4 on record
Across the 3 completed windows in our Vahan record, hybrid registrations went from 91,720 in Q4 FY 2023-24 to 1,18,349 in Q4 FY 2025-26, up 29.0% over the stretch.
Hybrid registrations by quarter
* window still in progress.
| Period | Months | Units | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q4 FY 2025-26 | 3 | 1,18,349 | +20.7% |
| Q4 FY 2024-25 | 3 | 98,043 | +6.9% |
| Q4 FY 2023-24 | 3 | 91,720 | — |
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.
