Electric vehicles took a larger share of India's Navratri registrations even as the overall tally fell, with the Federation of Automobile Dealers Associations' provisional 2026 count covering one fewer festival day than the 2025 comparison.
FADA recorded 117,437 electric vehicle registrations from Oct. 11-20, up 26.78% from 92,628 in 2025. EVs accounted for about 10.5% of all registrations, compared with about 7.7% a year earlier.
Electric two-wheelers totaled 75,758 registrations, up 33.41%. Electric three-wheelers reached 28,086, electric passenger vehicles 12,305 and electric commercial vehicles 1,288. The commercial vehicle count was up 96.04% year over year.
Across all powertrains, registrations fell 6.52% to 1,123,086 from 1,201,479. The passenger-vehicle decline was steeper: registrations dropped 21.91% to 182,728 from 234,004.
Two-wheeler registrations across powertrains fell 2.79% to 834,075. Commercial vehicles rose 1.12% to 35,618, while tractor registrations increased 0.89% to 22,690.
Navratri covered 10 days in 2026 and 11 days in 2025. Compared with the 10-day festival period in 2024, total registrations were 26.76% higher and passenger vehicle registrations were up 10.39%.
FADA President Sai Giridhar said the 2025 figures also reflected purchases delayed until revised goods and services tax rates took effect. India's Ministry of Finance said most of the changes began Sept. 22, 2025, the first day of that year's comparison period. FADA's release does not quantify the separate effects of the longer festival and the tax changes.
The association compiled its provisional tally on Oct. 21 using data from 1,468 of 1,469 registering transport offices. The figures exclude Telangana registrations for three-wheelers, commercial vehicles and tractors. Giridhar said FADA was “cautiously optimistic” ahead of the Dhanteras-to-Diwali buying period.
