The previous record for electric vehicle retail sales in India was in June this year at 3,06,220 units, growing at 63 per cent over the same month last year, taking overall EV penetration to over 12 per cent for the first time

The Japanese automaker, which makes the Prius hybrid and Lexus luxury models, recorded a 1.48 trillion yen or approximately USD 9.4 billion net profit in the April-June period, up from 841 billion yen the same quarter the previous year