Automobiles sector performance in 2025 and Should You Invest in the Automobiles Industry?

The Automobile Sector of India contributes around 6% of GDP, it has grown from 2 million unit production in 1990 to 28 million units in 2024, in 2025 India has produced around 31 million units across passenger vehicles.

India is the largest producer of two-wheelers around the world and top 4 in car manufacturers. Below is the complete analysis of how the Automobile industry and their sub-industry are performing with insight of top players among them.

Performance of Automobile Sector of India in 2025

Top 5 Automobiles & Components stocks in India and Sub-industries which come under Automobiles & Components.

Below are the list of top stocks under Automobiles & Components industry in India and top stocks for its sub-industries.

Sub-industries which comes under Automobiles & Components

  • Automobile Manufacturers
  • Motorcycle Manufacturers
  • Auto Parts & Equipment
  • Tires & Rubber

Top 5 Automobiles stocks in India

Top 5 Automobile Manufacturers stocks in India

Top 5 Motorcycle Manufacturers stocks in India

Top 5 Auto Parts & Equipment stocks in India

Top 5 Tires & Rubber stocks in India

Sub-industries of Automobile Sector of India
Sub-industries of Automobile Sector of India

2020 : Transition to stricter and robust emission norms which included , BSVI emission norms, Scrappage Policy, Incentivising local production.

2021 : Policies Focused on self-reliant manufacturing eco-system by increasing custom duty and introduction of Production-Linked Incentive (PLI) Scheme.

2022 : Implementation of PLI Scheme to boost local Production and support the EV supply chain.

2023 : Government kept on supporting electric mobility, with the FAME (Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Hybrid and EVs) scheme to incentivise the adoption of hybrid and EVs.

2024 : Major updates in Industry standards regulation with introduction to IATF 16949 rules for quality management system.

2025 : Union Budget 2025 pushed for electric vehicle manufacturing by removing import duty on 35 key EV major battery components.

Government’s clear vision is to transform mobility to sustainable, self reliant and environment friendly industry, by putting stricter rules for emission, giving incentives for local production and specially to EVs, by this we can expect more upcoming stricter laws for emission, which will be an issue to company producing internal combustion engine vehicles and EV manufacturer and EV components manufacturer will get more and more incentives.

Automobile Sector policy changes and EV policy in India
Automobile Sector policy changes and EV policy in India

Fundamental Position of Automobiles industry in India 2025

Overall Automobiles & Components industry

Average PE ratio :
33.8
Total Market Cap of Automobiles & Components industry in India :
$131.3 billion or ₹ 10.9 trillion
Growth Rate of Automobiles & Components industry in India :
11.3%
Revenue Growth of Automobiles & Components industry in India :
8-10%

Automobile Manufacturers

Average PE ratio :
52.91
Total Market Cap of Automobile Manufacturers in India :
~$60-80 billion
Growth Rate of Automobile Manufacturers in India :
5.6-6.2%
Revenue Growth of Automobile Manufacturers in India :
7.3%

Motorcycle Manufacturers

Average PE ratio :
41.15
Total Market Cap of Motorcycle Manufacturers in India :
~$66-72 billion
Growth Rate of Motorcycle Manufacturers in India :
10.50%
Revenue Growth of Motorcycle Manufacturers in India :
6-8%

Auto Parts & Equipment

Average PE ratio :
17.79
Total Market Cap of Auto Parts & Equipment in India :
~$30-35 billion
Growth Rate of Auto Parts & Equipment in India :
5.75%
Revenue Growth of Auto Parts & Equipment in India :
9.6%

Tires & Rubber

Average PE ratio :
40.40
Total Market Cap of Tires & Rubber industry in India :
$18-20 billion
Growth Rate of Tires & Rubber industry in India :
6.5-7.0%
Revenue Growth of Tires & Rubber industry in India :
8-10%
  • 26 Million Vehicles get registered in 2025 in India out of which 1.96 million were EVs.
  • EV Cars sales got increased by 52% in FY25 in India.
  • Two wheeler market got declined by 3.4% in FY25 in India.
  • EV components saw huge demand and grew by 9.6% in India.

Future Outlook and Scenario for Automobiles industry in India 2025

  • With the push of government and policies EV market may get double in next 5 years from 55 Billion USD to 110 Billion USD.
  • EV Components is the fastest growing segment among all in the Automobiles industry and is expected to grow further.
  • EV Penetration may reach 30% by 2030 from 5% in 2024.
  • Tire and rubber Market is projected to grow at steady 8-10% regardless of industry transforming to EV from internal combustion engines.

Risks in Automobiles industry in India 2025

Product Dependencies

  • Lithium Batteries
  • Rare Earth magnets
  • Semiconductor
  • Crude Oil

Country Dependencies

  • China (Battery, electronics, semiconductors, microprocessor)
  • Japan (Engines and Semiconductor)

Government Intervention Risks

  • EV Subsidy Withdrawal Risk
  • Possible GST hike on ICE vehicles
  • BS-VII emission norms complication and compliance cost
  • Without Subsidy EV sales would drop by 40%
  • New emission norms would require 10-15% R&D Spend
Risk on investing in Automobile Sector in India
Risk on investing in Automobile Sector in India

Conclusion

Automobiles Industry is a promising industry with high market cap and huge contribution to National GDP, and high projected growth but with government push for sustainable and greener mobility alternative, industry is transforming from ICE to EVs and government is imposing stricter emission norms which are forcing companies to spend extra 10-20% in R&D for the same. Looking at numbers and growth percentage EVs looks promising but it comes with its own risks, as it is highly depended on China for all major components including batteries and semiconductor also EV sales are highly depended on government subsidies and low GST which makes this industry very fragile as it is transitioning to a segment which is highly depended on multiple factors, which includes high dependencies on China which India already have high tension in the past and government schemes and policy may change every 5 year if government is changed which makes this transitioning sector fragile. But sub-industry like Auto Parts & Equipment and Tires & Rubber would not be affected much by the above which makes them a safe bet among the others in the industry.