India’s electric vehicle ecosystem is set for a significant boost as Tesla opens its first store in the country on Tuesday in Mumbai. At the same time, Vietnamese electric vehicle manufacturer VinFast has started accepting bookings for its VF6 and VF7 models. While these developments are promising, the Indian government’s aim of achieving 30 percent electric vehicle penetration, meaning 30 percent of all vehicle sales, by the year 2030 appears difficult to achieve at the current pace of adoption.
According to data from the Federation of Automobile Dealers Association, electric vehicle penetration in India reached just 7.8 percent in the financial year 2024 to 2025. This marks a slight increase from 7.1 percent in the previous year. Much of this progress can be attributed to the three-wheeler segment, where electric vehicle penetration climbed to 57.3 percent in 2025 from 54.2 percent in 2024. In fact, India emerged as the world’s largest market for electric three-wheelers in both 2023 and 2024, according to the Global EV Outlook 2025 published by the
International Energy Agency. However, electric vehicle adoption in the passenger and commercial four-wheeler categories remains low and has not seen significant growth.
As of March 2025, there were 26,367 public electric vehicle charging stations across India. However, the distribution of these stations is highly uneven. Just five states and Union Territories, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, and Tamil Nadu account for nearly 58 percent of all public charging stations. Karnataka alone makes up 22.3 percent of the national total, underscoring a significant regional imbalance in the availability of charging infrastructure.