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.
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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