High-speed electric two-wheeler sales cross 100,000 units for the first time

Proof that electric two-wheelers, the low-hanging fruit of the electric vehicle industry in India along with the three-wheeler segment, are on a roll is in the charged-up market sales. Autocar Professional’s analysis of the high-speed e-two-wheeler industry’s sales for the first 11 months of CY2021 (January-November) reveals that sales have surpassed the 100,000-unit mark for the first time.

Total sales from 25 EV OEMs (as exclusively detailed in the accompanying data table below) are 116,669 units. This constitutes a 355% year-on-year increase (CY2020: 25,598 units), albeit on a low-year ago total and a pandemic-impacted year.

Given the ...