A MARKET CATCHING FIRE India, however, is changing its journey. The subcontinent of a billion people is no longer shifting gears to the growls of petrol engines, but to silence. India’s 2025 total retail sales of electric vehicles exceeded 165,000 units, with battery electric vehicle sales reaching 176,500 units, a 77 per cent increase for all categories of vehicles in 2025, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA). Illustration by The Geostrata Two-wheelers and thr