New entrants in India’s electric car market I Sales in FY 2025-26 | Apr 2025 – Jan 2026

VinFast, Tesla, and Maruti Suzuki are the three latest entrants in India’s Electric Car Market. In this regional analysis, we figure out cities where these EVs are selling the most.

VinFast

• VinFast sells two electric SUVs, the VF 6 and VF 7, in India. Both were launched in Sep 2025. Ex-showroom prices start at ₹17,29,000 and ₹21,89,000, respectively. The company has 36 dealer stores in India.

• VinFast EVs are locally assembled at their Thoothukudi plant in Tamil Nadu.

• VinFast’s pan-India sales till Jan 2026 total 1,482 units, of which 10 cities account for 51.6% (764) of the units registered.

• VinFast cars recorded the highest sales in Delhi (141 units), followed by Jaipur (110) and Bengaluru (98).

• V-GREEN, the charging infrastructure company founded by VinFast’s Pham Nhat Vuong, has entered a partnership with oil major HPCL to develop charging infrastructure at the latter’s retail fuel network.

Tesla

• Tesla entered the Indian market in July 2025 and sells its Model Y (ex-showroom price: ₹59,89,000). The vehicle is available as a fully imported unit. The company has 3 stores in India – Gurugram, New Delhi, and Mumbai, and 4 locations (2 in Gurugram, 1 each in Delhi and Mumbai) where Tesla Superchargers are deployed.

• Tesla’s total India sales till Jan 2026 are 263 units. According to registration data, the 10 cities mentioned below account for 201 units, or 76.4% of Tesla’s total sales in India.

• Mumbai leads with 101 units, contributing nearly 38% of Tesla’s total India sales. It is followed by Delhi with 50 units and Pune with 20 units.

Maruti Suzuki

• Registrations for Maruti Suzuki’s first BEV, the e-VITARA, began in Nov 2025. The company has entered into collboration with 13 CPOs and aggregators to enable EV charging access through a single platform. The starting ex-showroom price is ₹15,99,000, while the introductory BaaS price starts at ₹10.99 lakh + Battery EMI @ ₹3.99/km. Vehicle bookings are underway, and it will be sold through premium NEXA showrooms across India.

• By the end of Jan 2026, 240 EV units had been registered. The listed cities — including Kolkata, Jaipur, Lucknow, Bhubaneswar, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Pimpri-Chinchwad, and Pune — together account for 92 units, which is 38.3% of the total India sales.

• Gurugram recorded the highest sales at 27 units, followed by Bengaluru (14) and Delhi (13).

This article was first published in EVreporter Mar 2026 magazine.

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