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SUV sales are increasing in India and this segment now outsells hatchbacks. See sales numbers

https://www.carwale.com/news/suvs-dominate-car-sales-in-indi...

EV will take time without a major company like Reliance or Tata investing heavily on infra to back it.

Main issue is practical situation of roads in urban areas of India and water logging. Everyone prefers to have a higher seating position to manage the same, apart from the flavor of the month factor. I am personally looking to buy my next vehicle and given the prices of EVs considering a micro SUV just launched because of the factors mentioned earlier.

SUVs are already mainstream in India. In 2020, SUVs accounted for 29% of all car sales and suffered the least hit from covid sales decline.

That's because most of those sales are from institutional/corporate customers, not households.

Source?

Doesn’t this just mean that given the choice most who can afford to buy one prefer SUVs?