Electric car sales reached 91,726 units in H1FY26, double compared to the same period last year
In just six months of FY26 (April to September period), sales of electric passenger vehicles have reached a total of 91,726 units. Almost the same number of electric cars were sold in the entire last year. Compared to 44,000 electric vehicles sold in H1FY25, this growth is a staggering 108 per cent. With this momentum, the share of electric vehicles in India’s overall passenger vehicle market now stands at around 5 per cent, up from 2.6 per cent last year.
BMW and Mercedes-Benz are now seeing their electric vehicles play a key role in sales. Between January and September 2025, BMW India sold 2,509 electric BMWs and Minis, a 246 percent increase over the previous year. The iX1 long-wheelbase was the best-selling model. EVs now account for about 21 percent of BMW’s total sales, and the company plans to take it above 30 percent by the end of the decade.
Meanwhile, Mercedes-Benz reported its strongest-ever quarter for electric vehicles, led by the EQS SUV, which brought electric models to nearly 8 percent of its portfolio and reported 10 percent growth in the second quarter. Tata Motors has reported 59 percent year-on-year growth in Q2FY26 and sold around 25,000 electric vehicles during the quarter. Its performance during the festive period has also seen an increase of 37 percent.
By September 2025, electric vehicles are expected to account for about 17 per cent of Tata’s total sales and this was more than any other major Indian manufacturer. The credit for this success goes to the good response of Nexon EV, Punch EV and Tiago EV. Similarly, JSW MG Motor’s Windsor EV has already crossed 50,000 units sales and has become one of the fastest selling electric SUVs in India.
According to the company, today electric vehicles account for 80 percent of its total sales. JSW MG believes that the penetration of electric vehicles in the Indian car market could increase by 7 percent by the end of 2025. Going forward, electric and hybrid vehicles together could capture about 30% of the country’s passenger vehicle market in the next ten years. Meanwhile, Maruti Suzuki is also preparing to enter this sector with its first electric car.
Over the past few months, Maruti Suzuki has exported over 6,000 units of the e Vitara to several global markets and will be launching it in the Indian market in the coming months. Hyundai’s upcoming new compact SUV, which was recently confirmed, will sit below the Creta Electric.
