LUCKNOW, June 7 -- Uttar Pradesh added 41.74 lakh new vehicles during 2025-26, pushing the state's cumulative vehicle population to over 5.33 crore. However, while conventional vehicle registrations continue to be dominated by personal mobility, electric vehicle (EV) adoption is following a distinctly different path, with commercial vehicles accounting for the bulk of the state's electric mobility growth.

According to data compiled by the state transport department and accessed by the HT, non-transport vehicles such as private cars, motorcycles and scooters accounted for 37.38 lakh of the fresh registrations during the year, nearly 90% of the total additions, while transport vehicles contributed 4.36 lakh registrations.

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