South Mumbai has seen a significant jump in the registration of electric vehicles, including tourist and luxury cabs, in over a year, shows official data. Compared to financial year 2021-2022 when 687 new electric cars were registered, the registration in fiscal 2022-2023 rose by 85.01 per cent to 1,271, at the MH-01 office in Tardeo, which caters to the island city.

The sale of electric two-wheelers witnessed a growth of 77.43 per cent, with 1,863 registrations in FY23 from 1,050 in the previous fiscal. Of the two-wheelers registered in FY23, 1,853 (up from 1,049 in FY22) were motorcycles and 10 moped (from 1 in FY22). No new e-scooter was registered. There has been a rise in the number of luxury and tourist electric cabs, too, with the registrations rising to 320 in FY23 from just 18 the year before that.