Pakistan’s electric two-wheeler market is rapidly expanding, with EV sales surging 191% in 2025 to around 90,000 units, and strong growth expected to continue in 2026.
Electric Vehicles Development and Plans
The government has just officially opened the registration process for the Pakistan Accelerated Vehicle Electrification (PAVE) scheme, a major initiative to electrify the country’s transport sector.
Introduced as part of the New Energy Vehicle (NEV) Policy 2025-2030, the scheme is designed to make electric mobility affordable for ordinary Pakistanis, starting with two-wheelers.
For the first time, consumers can apply directly for subsidies and incentives through a dedicated online portal
(https://pave.gov.pk/login), a move widely seen as a way to reduce the bureaucratic barriers that slowed earlier green programmes. The PAVE scheme primarily targets electric motorcycles and small vehicles, aiming to make low-emission mobility financially accessible to a broad segment of the population.
This initiative is expected to further accelerate the electric two-wheeler market, which has already grown rapidly following the introduction of Pakistan’s first effective EV support policy in 2023.
PAVE forms a core pillar of the Pakistan EV Plan 2025–2030, which is designed to provide sustained momentum to the green mobility transition. A key shift in the new plan is the recognition that subsidies alone are insufficient: the long-term success of EV adoption in Pakistan will depend on parallel investments in infrastructure development and financial incentives.
Given the country’s heavy reliance on fossil fuels for electricity generation, electrification must progress alongside the expansion of renewable energy—particularly solar power. Investments in charging infrastructure and local manufacturing capacity will be critical to improving affordability and availability. In addition, newly introduced policies supporting carbon credit trading could attract international funding, further accelerating the transition to sustainable mobility.
Electric Vehicles Market: Trends and Performance
The EV segment is showing very strong momentum, supported by the entry of multiple startups alongside major Chinese manufacturers such as Yadea and other Chinese OEMs.
Starting effectively from zero in 2023, Pakistan has quickly emerged as a benchmark for how targeted and well-designed policies can catalyse EV market development. In 2025, EV sales surged by 191% year on year, reaching approximately 90,000 units—an unexpectedly strong performance that is expected to continue in the current year.