Tata Motors reports 157% growth in electric car sales in October| Roadsleeper.com

Total domestic sales of Tata Motors stood at 76,537 units compared to 65,151 units a year ago.

Homegrown carmaker Tata Motors has registered a 157% sales growth in its electric vehicle portfolio. The company sold a total of 4,277 units of electric vehicles last month compared to 1,660 units in the same month a year ago. It currently sells electric versions of the Tiago, Tigor and Nexon models. The company’s total sales experienced a 15.49% increase to 78,335 units last month compared to 67,829 units in the same month last year.

Total domestic sales of Tata Motors stood at 76,537 units as against 65,151 units a year ago, registering a growth of 17%. Sales of passenger vehicles (PVs), including electric vehicles, in the domestic market stood at 45,423 units compared to 34,155 units in the same month last year, an increase of 33%.

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However, the company’s solar cell exports fell 10 percent to 206 units from 230 units in October 2021. Sales of its commercial vehicles in the domestic market were only marginally higher at 31,320 units compared to 31,226 units for the same month a year ago. , while exports fell 35 percent to 1,592 units compared to 2,448 percent in October 2021.

In a separate development, Tata Motors supplied 200 electric buses to the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. The former state is pushing to add electric vehicles as public transport in an effort to reduce pollution in an environmentally sensitive region. Tata Motors has announced that it has won the tender from Jammu Smart City Limited, and these 200 electric buses will ply the streets of Jammu and Srinagar.

Tata Motors has announced that it will supply 150 units of 9-meter Starbus electric buses in addition to another 50 units of 12-meter Starbus electric buses to Jammu and Kashmir.

First publication date: Nov 2, 2022, 11:20 AM IST