FY21 electric personal vehicles sales up on product push; two-wheeler sales down

NEW DELHI: Given the disruptions caused by the coronavirus pandemic, sales of electric vehicles in the country declined nearly 20% on year to 236,802 units in FY21, as per data released by the Society of Manufacturers of Electric Vehicles (SMEV).

Sales of electric two-wheelers, which account for bulk of the total sales, fell 6% to 143,837 units in the financial year that ended March. In a positive, however, sales of electric cars or four-wheelers jumped 52.9% to 4,588 units last fiscal, as leading manufacturers such as Tata Motors, Hyundai Motor India, and MG Motor India launched new products in the domestic market.