This past June was the strongest month yet for Japanese electric scooters in our market, with Honda and Suzuki both posting their highest-ever monthly retail figures. As per Vahan data, the three Japanese e-2W makers – Honda, Suzuki and Yamaha – collectively sold 1,469 electric scooters in June, giving them a combined 0.74 percent share of the e-2W market for the month.
- Honda delivers 810 electric scooters in June, its best-ever month
- Suzuki posts best-ever monthly sales of 523 e-Access units in June
- Honda leads Suzuki by 347 units after the first six months of 2026
Japanese electric scooter sales in 2026
Honda: 2,389 units
HMSI delivered 810 units of the Activa-e and QC1 in June, marking the first time the company has crossed 800 units in a single month, and a 78 percent year-on-year increase over the 454 units delivered in June last year. Cumulative retail sales of the two models have now crossed 6,000 units, standing at 6,254 units at the end of June. For the first half of 2026, Honda delivered 2,389 units – up 68 percent year-on-year from 1,419 units in H1 2025.
Suzuki: 2,042 units
Suzuki posted its best-ever monthly sales of 523 e-Access units in June, contributing to a first-half total of 2,042 units. Suzuki had actually outsold Honda in the January-April period, but HMSI's stronger May-June performance – 1,335 units versus Suzuki's 875 in those two months – has given Honda a 347-unit lead at the halfway point of the year.
Yamaha: 418 units
Yamaha, which entered the India EV market in March 2026 with the EC-06, sold 136 units in June to take its cumulative total to 418 units. Combined six-month sales of all three Japanese brands stand at 4,849 units – a 0.49 percent share of the 9,71,023 electric scooters, motorcycles and mopeds retailed in India in the first half of 2026.
Ved Janve
Rishaad Mody
Vishal Venugopal
