The total number of motor vehicles in Telangana has increased significantly over the past ten years, rising from 70.73 lakh in 2014 to 1.54 crore in 2023, an average growth rate of 9% per year. Approximately 10 lakh new vehicles were added to the State in the 2022–2023 fiscal alone.
Of the 1.54 crore vehicles, two-wheelers accounted for 1.13 crore, motorcars 20 lakh, auto-rickshaws 4.5 lakh, School buses 28,962, Goods rickshaws 6.09 lakh, E-cart 235, Motor cabs 20,337, Maxi cabs 31,060, Contract carriage 9.244 and 7 lakh tractors and trailers, according to officials with the transport department. There are roughly 70 lakh personal vehicles in Hyderabad, of which over 50 lakh are two-wheelers and roughly 13 lakh are four-wheelers.
In the State a decade ago, there were roughly 70.73 lakh registered vehicles, out of which 8.22 lakh were transport and 63.68 lakh non-transport vehicles. More than 52.84 lakh two-wheelers, 7,96,232 cars, 14,989 Jeeps, 74,097 taxis, 40,807 buses, 1,85,688 light vehicles (goods), and 1,25,240 trucks were registered in the state during 2013–2014. Hyderabad had only 25 lakh vehicles at the time Telangana was formed, but over the past ten years, this number has steadily increased every year.
RTA officials say that the sale of electric vehicles in the state is gradually picking up, and that there are currently 46,937 registered EVs on the road. Considering that the Telangana government exempts road tax and registration fee on purchase of various kinds of electric vehicles running on batteries, a large number of people in the State were now opting for the EVs, they said.
In the current fiscal, officials from the Transport Department anticipate an increase in vehicle registrations, particularly for electric vehicles.
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