Three-Wheeler Sales May 2024: Bajaj Auto Leads, 1,01,308 Units Registered
Full Vahan registration report for May 2024 — every major manufacturer ranked, with month-on-month and year-on-year change, segment share, fuel mix and the state-wise picture.
How May went
India's three-wheeler market registered 1,01,308 vehicles in May 2024. Volumes pushed ahead 18.8% against May 2023, and pushed ahead 22.2% on April.
That is 17 consecutive months of year-on-year growth for the segment. Year to date, 4,94,641 units have been registered across 5 months, +20.6% on the same stretch of 2023 (4,10,065). The segment accounted for 4.6% of every vehicle registered in India that month.
May is the pre-monsoon window — rural demand is still waiting on the first rains.
Monthly three-wheeler registrations, 2023–2026
One line per calendar year — the shape of the year, not just its total. The dashed end of the current year is the month so far.
Manufacturer scoreboard
Bajaj Auto led the segment with 38,191 registrations, ahead of Piaggio on 7,237 — a gap of 30,954 units, wider than the 25,977 it held in April.
Atul Auto grew fastest among the segment's biggest names at +56.4% year on year (2,450 units).
On share rather than volume — the number that decides who is actually winning — Mahindra Last Mile has added 4.75pp of the segment in 2024, while Piaggio has given up 0.55pp.
Top 10 manufacturers, May 2024
Registrations in the month
Ranked by registrations in the month, with month-on-month and year-on-year change. Click a name for its full dashboard.
| # | Manufacturer | May 2024 | MoM | YoY | Share of three-wheelers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bajaj Auto | 38,191 | +18.8% | +19.7% | 37.70% |
| 2 | Piaggio | 7,237 | +17.3% | +20.1% | 7.14% |
| 3 | Mahindra Last Mile | 5,168 | +42.1% | — | 5.10% |
| 4 | YC Electric | 3,780 | +28.6% | +16.5% | 3.73% |
| 5 | Saera Electric | 2,473 | +25.7% | +20.1% | 2.44% |
| 6 | Atul Auto | 2,450 | +39.0% | +56.4% | 2.42% |
| 7 | Dilli Electric | 2,206 | +36.8% | +6.3% | 2.18% |
| 8 | TVS Motor | 1,764 | +7.4% | +29.7% | 1.74% |
| 9 | Unique International Ev | 1,324 | +38.5% | +18.1% | 1.31% |
| 10 | Mini Metro EV | 1,317 | +36.9% | +9.4% | 1.30% |
| 11 | Energy Electric Vehicles | 1,068 | +12.1% | +36.7% | 1.05% |
| 12 | Hotage India | 993 | +12.5% | +0.3% | 0.98% |
| 13 | Champion Poly Plast | 993 | +26.8% | −18.5% | 0.98% |
| 14 | Sks Trade India | 959 | +32.1% | +29.4% | 0.95% |
| 15 | J. S. Auto | 957 | +21.4% | −0.3% | 0.94% |
Registrations inside the segment only, counted with Vahan's own vehicle-class filter, so each number is that manufacturer's three-wheeler volume. Companies that file electric models under a maker of their own (Tata, Mahindra) appear as separate rows.
Market share, year to date
Share is measured inside the segment itself — only three-wheeler volume counts on either side of the ratio. Volume is full-year 2024. The comparison is against the whole of 2023.
Exact segment volume per manufacturer over full-year 2024, and the change in share against full-year 2023.
| # | Manufacturer | 2024 units | Share | vs full-year 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bajaj Auto | 4,74,456 | 37.53% | −0.38pp |
| 2 | Piaggio | 97,527 | 7.72% | −0.55pp |
| 3 | Mahindra Last Mile | 74,716 | 5.91% | +4.75pp |
| 4 | YC Electric | 43,970 | 3.48% | −0.08pp |
| 5 | Saera Electric | 28,313 | 2.24% | −0.32pp |
| 6 | Atul Auto | 27,082 | 2.14% | +0.18pp |
| 7 | Dilli Electric | 25,037 | 1.98% | −0.21pp |
| 8 | TVS Motor | 24,276 | 1.92% | +0.35pp |
| 9 | Mini Metro EV | 14,749 | 1.17% | −0.23pp |
| 10 | Unique International Ev | 13,705 | 1.08% | −0.10pp |
| 11 | Energy Electric Vehicles | 13,386 | 1.06% | +0.09pp |
| 12 | Hotage India | 12,491 | 0.99% | −0.13pp |
| 13 | J. S. Auto | 11,581 | 0.92% | −0.16pp |
| 14 | Champion Poly Plast | 11,199 | 0.89% | −0.41pp |
| 15 | Sks Trade India | 10,967 | 0.87% | −0.01pp |
Fuel mix
Electric accounts for 55.0% of the segment's registrations in 2024. Electric is at 54.98%, a move of +3.83pp on 2023 on volume of 6,94,971 units.
Three-Wheeler fuel mix, 2024
Share of segment registrations year to date
The full-year 2024 mix.
| Fuel | 2024 units | Share | vs full-year 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Electric | 6,94,971 | 54.98% | +3.83pp |
| CNG / LPG | 4,06,883 | 32.19% | −2.49pp |
| Diesel | 1,50,855 | 11.93% | −0.97pp |
| Petrol | 11,181 | 0.88% | −0.35pp |
| Other | 197 | 0.02% | −0.02pp |
Share is of this report's own scope over full-year 2024, compared with the whole of 2023.
Where the demand is
Uttar Pradesh was the largest market in full-year 2024 with 3,10,598 registrations, 24.6% of the segment's national total. Bihar (1,20,802) and Maharashtra (87,257) followed. Delhi has gained the most ground, adding 0.74pp of the national total.
Segment registrations over full-year 2024, by state.
| # | State | Units | Share | vs full-year 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Uttar Pradesh | 3,10,598 | 24.6% | −0.41pp |
| 2 | Bihar | 1,20,802 | 9.6% | +0.12pp |
| 3 | Maharashtra | 87,257 | 6.9% | +0.15pp |
| 4 | Gujarat | 81,762 | 6.5% | −0.21pp |
| 5 | Assam | 74,355 | 5.9% | −0.26pp |
| 6 | Karnataka | 73,745 | 5.8% | +0.69pp |
| 7 | Tamil Nadu | 55,033 | 4.4% | +0.47pp |
| 8 | Madhya Pradesh | 52,137 | 4.1% | −0.27pp |
| 9 | Rajasthan | 48,615 | 3.8% | −0.48pp |
| 10 | Delhi | 46,386 | 3.7% | +0.74pp |
| 11 | Telangana | 43,230 | 3.4% | −0.13pp |
| 12 | Andhra Pradesh | 39,645 | 3.1% | −1.08pp |
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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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