Sales of electric motor cars grew multifold in June 2025 while passenger car sales (that run on internal combustion engines) declined amid weak consumer demand last month, the mobility bulletin of Shriram Finance said. Truck rentals remained firm in June 2025 on the back of increased hiring by the private sector, the findings said. Accordingly, round-trip rentals for 18-ton payloads across various routes, whether Delhi-Mumbai-Delhi or Delhi-Hyderabad-Delhi, grew, it said. On a year-on-year basis, truck rentals grew by 5 per cent in June 2025 as compared to June 2024, while they rose by 1.3 per cent last month as compared to rental rates clocked in the month of May 2025. On a monthly basis, sales of electric two-wheelers increased by 5 per cent to 93,872 units, from 88,986 units sold in May 2025. Sales of electric motor cars in June 2025 grew to 9,804 units up by 1,267 per cent from just 717 units sold in June 2024. On a monthly basis, sales of electric motor cars marginally went
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