TL;DR: India’s electric vehicle registrations have increased sharply in recent years, rising from about 1.3 lakh in 2018 to more than 24 lakh in 2025, a more than 18-fold increase. Registrations grew by about 20% in 2025 compared with 2024. In 2026, more than 21.5 lakh EVs had been registered up to August, already amounting to about 90% of 2025 registrations. However, EV progress is not uniform across the country. The India Electric Mobility Index (IEMI) 2025 Transport Electrification Progress scores ranged from 4 in Nagaland to 77 in Delhi. Charging infrastructure also varies, and high EV adoption does not always coincide with high charging readiness.

Context

Think of India’s shift to electric mobility as a two-part journey. More people need to start using electric vehicles, while the infrastructure needed to charge those vehicles also needs to expand.

According to the India Electric Mobility Index (IEMI) 2025, electric vehicles accounted for about 0.5% of vehicle sales in 2018, but their share reached 8.25% by 2025-26, with more than 8.7 million EVs on Indian roads. EV sales in 2025-26 were around 25% higher than the previous year. Public charging infrastructure also expanded from about 5,151 stations in December 2022 to more than 29,000 by June 2025.

The transition is supported by initiatives including the FAME scheme, PM E-DRIVE and the Production Linked Incentive scheme for auto components and battery cells. At the state level, governments play an important role because transport, power, industry and urban planning fall within areas that affect the EV ecosystem. By December 2025, 26 of India’s 36 States and Union Territories had active EV policies.

Who Compiles This Data?
The EV registration data comes from Parivahan Sewa under the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways. The IEMI 2025 data comes from the India Electric Mobility Index 2025, developed by NITI Aayog in collaboration with WRI India.

Where can I download Clean & Structured Data on EV Registrations?

Clean, structured and ready-to-use datasets covering vehicle registrations by year, month, State, RTO, vehicle maker and fuel type can be downloaded from Dataful.

Key Insights

EV Registrations Have Increased More Than 15-Fold Since 2018

India recorded 1.3 lakh EV registrations in 2018. The number increased gradually in the following two years before accelerating sharply after 2020. Registrations crossed 10 lakh in 2022, reached 15.8 lakh in 2023, and rose to 20.3 lakh in 2024. In 2025, registrations reached 24.1 lakh, the highest full-year figure yet.

This represents a close to 20% increase in one year, from 20.3 lakh registrations in 2024 to 24.1 lakh in 2025. Compared with 2018, the number of registrations in 2025 was more than 18 times higher.

The growth was particularly sharp after 2020. Registrations jumped from 3.4 lakh in 2021 to 10.6 lakh in 2022, an increase of more than 200% in a single year.

Transport Electrification Progress Across States

The increase in EV registrations at the national level does not mean that every State and Union Territory is progressing at the same pace. The IEMI 2025 Transport Electrification Progress score looks beyond the number of vehicles registered. It captures EV adoption along with initiatives and conditions supporting EV uptake. The theme carries the highest weight in the index at 50%.

The scores range from 4 to 77 across the 36 States and Union Territories. Delhi recorded 77, followed by Chandigarh at 75 and Maharashtra at 68. At the other end, Nagaland scored 4, Arunachal Pradesh 6 and the Andaman & Nicobar Islands 7.

Among the Large States, Maharashtra recorded 68, followed by Madhya Pradesh at 62 and Odisha and Uttar Pradesh at 58 each. At the other end, Haryana scored 19.

EV Electrification and Charging Infrastructure Do Not Always Move Together

Availability of charging infrastructure and high EV adoption are related, but the IEMI data shows that the two scores do not always move at the same pace.

Karnataka, for example, scored 55 for Transport Electrification Progress and 97 for Charging Infrastructure Readiness. Maharashtra scored 68 and 91 respectively, while Delhi scored 77 and 88. These jurisdictions recorded scores of 50 or above on both measures.

There are also clear mismatches. Haryana scored 91 for charging infrastructure readiness but only 19 for transport electrification progress. In contrast, Uttar Pradesh scored 58 for transport electrification but 36 for charging readiness. Madhya Pradesh showed a similar pattern, with scores of 62 and 48 respectively.

The opposite pattern can also be seen in states such as Tamil Nadu, which scored 73 for charging readiness and 48 for transport electrification. Meghalaya recorded 56 and 26, respectively.

The IEMI Transport Electrification Progress score combines indicators covering EV adoption, government initiatives, incentives and other measures supporting EV uptake, while the Charging Infrastructure Readiness score measures the availability and development of EV charging infrastructure. Both scores are normalised on a 0 to 100 scale.

Why Does It Matter? 

India’s EV market has moved from a relatively small base in 2018 to millions of annual registrations. The increase from 1.3 lakh registrations in 2018 to 24.1 lakh in 2025 shows how quickly the market has expanded.

But the national growth hides substantial differences between States and Union Territories. Transport electrification scores range from 4 to 77, while charging readiness also varies considerably. The comparison between the two shows that infrastructure development and EV adoption do not necessarily advance at the same speed.

Together, the registration and IEMI data show that India’s EV market is growing nationally but remains uneven across States and Union Territories and across different parts of the EV ecosystem. For policymakers, the data provides a way to examine where EV adoption is progressing, where charging infrastructure is more developed, and where the two are out of step.

Key Numbers

• EV registrations
  2018: 1.3 lakh → 2022: 10.6 lakh → 2025: 24.1 lakh

• Transport Electrification Progress
  Highest: Delhi, 77; Lowest: Nagaland, 4

• Charging Infrastructure Readiness
  Highest: Karnataka, 97 and Lowest: Andaman and Nicobar Islands, 17