Top Selling Electric Scooters in July 2026: TVS Leads, Ola Slips Further

India’s electric scooter market retailed 1,79,836 units in July 2026, according to Vahan registration data, a 3.69 percent increase over June’s 1,73,441 units. TVS held on to the top spot for a second straight month, and the gap between the legacy manufacturers and the newer EV-only brands kept widening.

The July 2026 Ranking

TVS’s 49,555 units in July was its best monthly showing so far this year and a 16.21 percent jump over June, driven largely by the iQube and iQube S. The brand recently upgraded the iQube S with a larger 4.7 kWh battery pack rated for a real-world range of around 175 km, which appears to have pulled in buyers who were holding out for longer range before switching from petrol.

Bajaj held second with 40,378 units, up a steadier 4.33 percent. The Chetak lineup now spans the C25, C30 and C35 variants alongside the budget-focused Chetak 3001, which Bajaj has been using specifically to draw in first-time EV buyers rather than upgraders from within its own range.

Why TVS and Bajaj Keep Pulling Ahead

The pattern through 2026 has been consistent: TVS and Bajaj, both legacy two-wheeler makers with deep dealership networks across Tier 2 and Tier 3 towns, are converting that existing retail reach directly into EV sales. Neither brand needs to build customer trust from scratch the way a pure EV startup does, and that shows up in how steadily their numbers are climbing month after month rather than swinging wildly.

Ather, by contrast, saw a 5.63 percent dip to 27,448 units. The company is mid-transition, shifting its sales weight from the performance-oriented 450X toward the family-focused Rizta, and it’s set to announce its first mass-market scooter at a community event in August, so some of this dip may reflect buyers waiting on that announcement rather than genuine demand softness.

Ola Electric’s Continued Slide

Ola Electric’s fall to fifth place, with 12,507 units and a 14.06 percent MoM decline, is the most striking number in this month’s data. Ola was India’s electric two-wheeler market leader as recently as 2024, when it crossed 3 lakh annual units faster than any rival at the time. Now it sits behind Hero Vida, a brand that only properly scaled up its EV push in the last two years. Ola’s current lineup still spans the S1 Pro, S1 Air and S1 X, but keeping pace with legacy manufacturers’ distribution muscle has clearly become the harder problem, not product range.

The Bigger Picture: A Segment Still Growing Fast

Zoom out to the year so far and the story looks stronger than any single month suggests. Electric scooter sales between January and July 2026 have crossed 10.48 lakh units, up 46.68 percent over the same period in 2025. Rising petrol prices this quarter, following four separate hikes by oil marketing companies in a ten-day stretch starting mid-May, have added extra push toward electric two-wheelers, particularly among daily urban commuters watching their running costs closely.

TVS alone has retailed over 3.07 lakh electric two-wheelers in the first seven months of the year, already close to its full 2025 total, while Bajaj and Ather have each covered roughly 93 to 94 percent of their respective 2025 volumes with five months still to go. If that pace holds, especially with the festive season starting mid-September typically pulling forward a chunk of annual demand, 2026 looks set to be the segment’s strongest year yet.

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