TVS Sells Record 52,108 E-Scooters in July; India E-2W Market Reaches 191,949 Units
TVS Motor delivered a record 52,108 electric scooters in July, up 121% year on year, as India's e-2W market posted its third-best month ever.
- 52,108
- 121%
- 191,949
- 1.16 million
What Happened
TVS Motor posted its strongest month ever for electric scooters in July, registering 52,108 units on the Vahan portal - a 121% jump from 23,592 units in July 2025 and ahead of its previous best of 51,632 units in March 2026. That gave the Chennai-based maker a 27% market share, up five percentage points from a year earlier. TVS says demand has climbed month on month since April, pushing its April-July total to 182,657 units, up 88% year on year and already 51% of its FY2026 sales of 358,025 units. With its iQube and Orbiter models, the company now sells one electric scooter for every five scooters it sells, aided by offering battery-as-a-service across its EV line-up to cut upfront costs.
191,949 units
Third highest monthly total on record, after March 2026 (199,411 units) and June 2026 (194,938 units).
July deliveries were 191,949 units, with 88,911 sold in the first half of the month and 103,038 in the second. Cumulative January-July retail sales reached 1.16 million units, up 57% year on year from 742,108, and the first four months of FY2027 produced 717,230 units, up 71% from 420,589 - 59% of the segment's record 1.21-million-unit FY2026. Four petrol price hikes in May, with petrol at Rs 111.21 a litre in Mumbai on August 1, accelerated the shift to EVs. The top 10 OEMs sold 181,233 units, a 94% share, while the top six alone accounted for 167,571 units (87%), leaving about 180 other players to split the remaining 6%.
Four petrol price hikes prompt more two-wheeler buyers to consider electric models.
Bajaj Auto's earnings call: Chetak demand is ahead of supply.
Hero Vida expands the VX2 range with the fixed-battery VX2 Go FB.
Ather Energy plans to reveal its first EL-platform electric scooter.
Simple Energy plans to launch the Simple Arrive family scooter.
Bajaj Auto remained TVS's closest rival, with 43,224 units in July - up 110% from 20,557 last year and a 23% market share, up from 19%. It was Bajaj's second-best month after March 2026's 47,751 units and the second straight month above 43,000, following June's 43,504. Its April-July total of 160,864 units is up 85% year on year and equals 54% of its FY2026 sales of 299,396 units. The Chetak 2501, launched for younger buyers, now makes up about 12% of Chetak's five-model portfolio.
“The newly launched agile and light Chetak 2501, aimed at the younger buyer, continued to do well and now constitutes almost 12% of the five-model portfolio under the Chetak brand. Demand, however, continues to remain ahead of our ability to supply. Capacity expansion has been undertaken, with an immediate and medium-term focus to enable us better serve the growing market. The reach of Chetak stand”
- Ather Energy: 28,596 units, up 60% YoY, a 15% share, and an April-July total of 117,251 (up 88%). The Rizta now offers LFP or NMC batteries, the 450 uses NMC, and a first EL-platform scooter priced Rs
- Hero MotoCorp (Vida): 20,934 units, up 93% YoY, an 11% share, and an April-July total of 77,986 (up 140%). July added the VX2 Plus (4.4 kWh, Rs 143,000) and VX2 Go FB (3.1 kWh fixed battery, Rs 113,00
- Ola Electric: 13,113 units, down 29% YoY, a 7% share, and an April-July total of 57,021 (down 27%) - the only top-10 decline.
- Greaves Electric Mobility: 9,596 units, up 125% YoY, a 5% share, and an April-July total of 35,249 (up 108%), helped by the Ampere Magnus Neo and a Muthoot Capital financing tie-up.
- River Mobility: 5,525 units, up 229% YoY, with an April-July total of 17,503; the company also rolled out its 50,000th Indie at Hoskote.
- Bgauss Auto: 5,310 units, up 201% YoY; Simple Energy: 1,506 units and targeting 10,000 a month by March 2027, with the Arrive launching Sept 2; Lectrix: 1,311 units, up 147%; Revolt Motors: 1,132 unit
Previously from TVS Motor Company
TVS Motor had already reported record quarterly sales of 1.63 million units in Q1 FY2027, driven by strong growth across all segments, according to previous MotorClaw coverage. That earlier announcement set the stage for the company's latest electric-scooter milestone.
Background drawn from MotorClaw's earlier coverage of TVS Motor Company's official releases.
Why this matters
India's electric scooter market is accelerating, with July retail sales of 191,949 units and cumulative 2026 volumes up 57% year on year. Petrol price hikes in May pushed more commuters toward zero-emission models, benefiting volume leaders TVS, Bajaj, Ather, Hero and Greaves, while Ola lost ground. TVS's battery-as-a-service offer lowers the upfront cost, helping drive demand for its iQube and Orbiter scooters.
Terms in This Story
- e-2W
- Electric two-wheeler, a category that includes electric scooters and motorcycles.
- Battery-as-a-Service (BaaS)
- A model where the battery is leased or serviced separately, lowering the upfront purchase price of an EV.
- Vahan portal
- India's government vehicle-registration database, often used to track retail sales of vehicles.
- ex-showroom price
- The price of a vehicle before on-road taxes, registration, and insurance are added.
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