India October EV Top 10: Tata Outsells Mahindra and MG Combined — and VinFast Is Already Fourth

Tata Motors led India electric vehicle sales in October 2026 with 14,552 units, according to a November 1 sales table, followed by Mahindra at 8,472 and MG at 5,877. The gap between first and second alone was 6,080 units, and the top three together sold 28,901 EVs out of 35,777 units listed across the ten brands in the table — a concentration that shows how top-heavy India EV market still is, despite a growing cast of entrants.

The most interesting line in the table is fourth place. VinFast, the Vietnamese maker, sold 2,565 units in October — well below MG, but comfortably ahead of the rest of the field. Kia ranked fifth at 1,386 units on the Clavis EV and Syros EV, followed by Maruti Suzuki at 1,188 units, a maker that builds the e Vitara in Gujarat for local and global markets. Hyundai followed at 753, BYD at 735, Toyota at 189 and Stellantis at 60, rounding out a table where the tail is still very small.

Read alongside the wider October wholesale records — Maruti at an all-time monthly high and Tata passenger vehicles at a record 75,426 units with EV sales up roughly 75% to 16,244 — the EV table tells a two-speed story. The overall Indian market had a festive boom, but pure EV sales remain a Tata-led niche within it, with Mahindra and MG as the only other scale players so far. VinFast fourth-place finish is the number to watch next month: if it holds, India EV race has a genuine fourth contender.