Bengaluru EVs made up 17.5% of August vehicle registrations

Bengaluru registered 13,389 electric vehicles in August — about 430 a day — out of 76,508 new vehicles registered across the city.

Electric vehicles made up 17.5% of the month’s new registrations, or roughly one in six, transport department data shows. Electric scooters and motorcycles accounted for 9,453 registrations, or 71% of the city’s new EVs. The city also registered 1,258 electric cars.

Bengaluru accounted for 50.3% of Karnataka’s 26,636 EV registrations in August. By August 30, the city had more than 4.9 lakh registered EVs, including 3.8 lakh electric two-wheelers and 46,596 electric cars. Its registered electric fleet also included 2,009 buses, 9,922 motor cabs, 6,855 passenger three-wheelers and 9,876 goods three-wheelers.

Bengaluru had 1.3 crore registered vehicles as of August 30. EVs accounted for about 3.8% of that total fleet.