How Many EV Cars Sold in India So Far

The craze of EV cars you can see everywhere. In big cities of India like Delhi, Mumbai, Pune, Chandigarh… the infrastructure to charge the EV cars is better than in a small city or town, hence some people prefer the electric cars over petrol. But still some people who would like to know more about the EVs, they ask how many EV cars have been sold in India so far. Because if that’s really true then the number should be in the lakhs. These numbers give a guarantee that the EV cars are doing well and now you can think of buying one instead of a petrol-based car.

The trend of EV cars started in India from the last 2 to 3 years which promises users that the per km cost of an EV car will be around 0.70-1 rupee while a petrol-based car will cost around 7-9 rupees in the city. So here, I will start giving figures on how many cars have been sold in India since 2021. This will give a clear cut idea of where the EV cars market stand in India, so you can decide if you should buy one or not!

• In 2021, the Indian car market was recovering from the COVID pandemic but still sold 13167 units of EV cars (Tata, MG, Hyundai, etc).
• In the next year 2022, the sale figure crossed this number and a jump of  more than 300% was recorded (around 41,167 units of EV cars sold in 2022) which gives a clear indication that people prefer the EV cars over petrol cars. This was a boom and it did not stop here!
• In 2023, a jump of ~185% was recorded where 74,290 units of ev cars of different brands were sold. Among them some famous ev brands were Tata motors, Citroen, Hyundai, MG motors, and BMW.

Now as the infrastructure for EVs is in better form, ev car users can find charging points after each 30 – 60 km at service centers, restaurants, dhabas, shopping malls, hotels etc.

If you would  like to compare the EV car sales with petrol car sales, then you will find that the sale figure of EV cars are quite less than petrol cars because EV cars are costly in India which discourage users why to pay so much extra amount, if they have the option to buy a petrol car, which costs 50 to 60% less than an electric car.

But still the positive side is that as the government is promoting the EV cars by providing subsidies or free RTO (like in Delhi, RTO cost of electric car is Zero) to new car users which gives a positive point… purchase a EV car instead of petrol. Another big factors are that EV is ECO friendly and buy purchasing it you can save a lot on fuel.

As per experts, if all goes well then in 2024 more than 1 lakh units of EV cars will be sold. This figure will be higher than previous 4 years and the good thing is that in this year, more brands will come and join the EV market and launch new models with latest technology and offers more range in 1 charge.