{
  "id": 12604111,
  "title": "Electric car sales jump nearly two-fold to 36,108 units in Sep: FADA",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/electric-car-sales-jump-nearly-two-fold-to-36-108-units-in-sep-fada",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-07T10:33:15.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "YourStory",
    "slug": "yourstory",
    "url": "https://yourstory.com/2026/10/electric-car-sales-jump-nearly-two-fold-to-36108-units-in-sep-fada"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Electric car sales in India skyrocketed by nearly 100% in September, reaching 36,108 units, according to the Federation of Automobile Dealers Association (FADA). This surge follows a 74% increase in overall electric vehicle (EV) sales to 3,33,364 units in the previous month. The growth is attributed to festive demand, improving running costs, a wider selection of models, and ongoing government incentives such as PM E-DRIVE and state-level schemes. FADA President Sai Giridhar noted that this represents the highest monthly EV retail sales India has ever recorded and marks an all-time record for electric passenger vehicles at 8.5% penetration. Electric two-wheelers alone topped 2,07,314 units, marking an 88% year-on-year increase and accounting for 11.6% of the two-wheeler market. Electric three-wheelers continue to dominate at 64.9% penetration, while electric commercial vehicles saw a remarkable 150% year-on-year growth despite a slight month-on-month decline.",
  "summary": "Festive demand, maturing running-cost economics, a widening choice of models and sustained policy support through PM E-DRIVE and progressive state schemes are together turning the EV from an alternative into a default consideration for a growing set of buyers, FADA said.",
  "key_points": [
    "Electric car sales in India jumped 100% to 36,108 units in September",
    "Festive demand, lower running costs, and incentives boosted EV sales",
    "Electric two-wheelers surged 88% year-on-year, comprising 11.6% of market"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}