The electric scooter has registered over 4.12 lakh units in 2026 so far, with October recording its highest-ever monthly sales
The Bajaj Chetak has crossed the 10-lakh sales milestone in India, marking a significant turnaround for an electric scooter that took a few years to find its feet in the market. As of November 6, 2026, cumulative retail registrations stood at 10,01,135 units, making Bajaj Auto the third electric two-wheeler manufacturer in the country to cross this mark, after Ola Electric and TVS Motor Company.
The Chetak’s recent performance has done much of the heavy lifting. Between January 1 and November 6 this year, it registered 4,12,409 units, a 73 per cent increase over the corresponding period in 2025. October was particularly strong, with 49,170 registrations, its highest monthly tally so far.
The Chetak was unveiled in October 2019 and went on sale on January 14, 2020, initially in Pune and Bengaluru. Its early numbers were modest, with just 1,243 registrations in its first year. It crossed 75,000 units in 2023, before volumes picked up considerably in 2024, when registrations reached 2,01,167 units.
The scooter registered another 2,79,691 units in 2025. This year’s tally has already moved well past the previous annual record, and Bajaj now has a 22.5 per cent share of India’s electric two-wheeler registrations.
Bajaj has steadily widened the Chetak range to cover different price points. The current portfolio comprises five variants spread across the C25, C30 and C35 series. The entry-level C2501 gets a 2.5 kWh battery and a claimed range of 113 km. The C3001 uses a 3 kWh battery with a claimed range of 131 km, while the three C35 variants get a 3.5 kWh battery and offer a claimed range of 153 km.
Prices start at Rs 99,802 for the C2501 and go up to Rs 1.52 lakh for the C3501, with both figures being ex-showroom Bengaluru prices. Depending on the variant, buyers get features such as a TFT or touchscreen display, Google Maps navigation, Eco and Sport riding modes, hill-hold assistance and up to 35 litres of underseat storage.
The Chetak’s million-unit milestone also reflects how much the electric two-wheeler market has changed since 2020. Bajaj has managed to turn an initially slow-selling product into one of the country’s biggest electric scooter names. The next challenge will be sustaining that pace as competition in the segment gets tougher.
