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Two EVs in India’s Top 15 scooters for H1 FY2023

Proof of the growing demand for e-scooters is the Okinawa Praise Pro and Ather 450X entering the list of best-selling scooters. While the Honda Activa remains unassailable, 125cc models pick up sales pace.   

By Ajit Dalvi calendar 10 Jan 2023 Views icon4460 Views Share - Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Share to LinkedIn Share to Whatsapp
Of the Top 15 scooters, five – Honda Activa, TVS Jupiter, Suzuki Access, Honda Dio and TVS NTorq –together constitute 77% of overall scooter industry sales.

Of the Top 15 scooters, five – Honda Activa, TVS Jupiter, Suzuki Access, Honda Dio and TVS NTorq –together constitute 77% of overall scooter industry sales.

Here’s proof of the growing demand of electric vehicles, particularly in the affordable eco-friendly mobility segment of two-wheelers in India. Two electric two-wheelers – Okinawa Praise Pro and Ather 450X – have entered the Top 15 list of best-selling two-wheelers, shaking handlebars with their petrol-powered brethren. They occupy the 11th and 15th positions on the rankings table but serve to show the gradual and increasing shift of scooter buyers to electric vehicles.  

As per SIAM’s wholesales market data for the first six months of FY2023 (April-September 2022), the scooter segment sold a total of 27,64,127 units, up 41% year ...

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