Electric Cars · India · The CITE Index

AI search visibility for electric cars brands in India

Name: Electric Cars · The CITE Index · India
Creator: Cite Solutions
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The brands ChatGPT, Gemini, and Google AI Mode recommend when an Indian buyer asks an unaided question. Updated nightly. Every claim links back to the verbatim engine answer that produced it.

Brands tracked

11

Editions to date

46

Engines

03

Open today's edition4 Jul 2026 →Tata Tiago EV appeared 8.7% less often in electric cars answers today than yesterday.

The Daily Fixing

3 engines · live

ChatGPT#1 today

Mahindra BE 6

64.0%

■0.0% vs prev

Gemini#1 today

Tata Punch EV

60.0%

▼-6.0% vs prev

AI Mode#1 today

Tata Punch EV

60.0%

■0.0% vs prev

Timeline · 46 editions

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Previously on The CITE Index

3 prior chapters

Editor's note

4 July 2026 · 21:00 IST

Cite Solutions Research

Tata Tiago EV appeared 8.7% less often in electric cars answers today than yesterday.

The move

Tata Punch EV held the lead, named in 53.3% of electric cars answers (rank 1). The biggest day-over-day move was Tata Tiago EV, which appeared 8.7% less often than yesterday.

Each engine still picks its own favourite — ChatGPT recommended Mahindra BE 6 most, Gemini led with Tata Punch EV, and Google AI Mode pointed to Tata Punch EV.

What it means

Awaiting editorial review. The reading above is auto-generated from today's data; a Cite Solutions Research analyst will replace this paragraph with a structural read of the day.

What moved this — the receipts

5 cited

Tata Tiago EV
Growing citationGemini
13 → 18 cites (+5) on GEMINI
apost / best selling electric cars india may 2026autopunditz.com/post/best-selling-electric-cars-india-may-2026
Mahindra BE 6
Growing citationChatGPT
3 → 6 cites (+3) on CHATGPT
anews / industry / why electric cars are depreciating faster than traditional vehauto.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/industry/why-electric-cars-are-depreciating-faster-than-traditional-vehicles/125082919
Tata Nexon EV
Growing citationGemini
1 → 4 cites (+3) on GEMINI
acars / 2026 / 05 / 27 / top 10 electric cars in india for 2026 guideapnamechanic.com/cars/2026/05/27/top-10-electric-cars-in-india-for-2026-guide
Tata Nexon EV
New citationGemini
2 new cites today, primary on GEMINI
cnews / 3 upcoming plug in hybrid suvs in indiacarlelo.com/news/3-upcoming-plug-in-hybrid-suvs-in-india
Tata Punch EV
New citationGemini
2 new cites today, primary on GEMINI
gtop 10 electric car brands june 2026 tata mahindra mg maruti suzuki vinfastgaadiwaadi.com/top-10-electric-car-brands-june-2026-tata-mahindra-mg-maruti-suzuki-vinfast

Trajectory · top 5

46 days

Share of voice (%)

Brand position map

Rank × mentions · per engine

11 brands

Top-left = high mentions, top rank. Bottom-right = high mentions but lower rank — coverage exists but the model isn't placing the brand first.

Engine divergence

2 different winners today

Today's three engines do not agree on the #1 brand. This is what makes a serious AI visibility audit different from a single-engine snapshot: ChatGPT leads with Mahindra BE 6; Gemini leads with Tata Punch EV; AI Mode leads with Tata Punch EV.

Today's metrics

Today's leader

Tata Punch EV

53.3% share of voice across all engines

Biggest mover

Tata Tiago EV

-8.7% on the day

ChatGPT leader

Mahindra BE 6

64% on ChatGPT only

Engine gaps

3

brands invisible on 1+ engines

Per-engine verdict

ChatGPT

Today's winner

Mahindra BE 6

64% share of voice on this engine

Top 3 here

Gemini

Today's winner

Tata Punch EV

60% share of voice on this engine

Top 3 here

AI Mode

Today's winner

Tata Punch EV

60% share of voice on this engine

Top 3 here

Full lineup

11 brands · 3 engines

#BrandSoV1-day Δ3-day

Mentions

01

Tata Punch EV53.3%▼3.4%

40%#3

60%#1

80

02

Mahindra BE 649.3%▼2.0%

64%#1

48%#2

36%#5

74

03

Mahindra XEV 9e46.0%▲4.0%

52%#2

44%#4

42%#3

69

04

Tata Nexon EV44.0%▼0.7%

34%#4

48%#3

50%#2

66

05

Tata Tiago EV28.0%▼8.7%

22%#5

22%#7

40%#4

42

06

MG Comet EV20.7%▼5.3%

10%#6

20%#8

32%#6

31

07

Kia EV616.7%▼0.6%

4%#9

30%#6

16%#8

25

08

BYD Seal16.7%▼5.3%

0%#999

25

09

MG ZS EV12.0%▼8.7%

0%#999

18

10

BYD Atto 310.0%▼4.0%

6%#8

16%#9

8%#9

15

11

Hyundai Kona EV0.7%▼2.6%

0%#11

2%#11

1

Head-to-head

Who AI recommends more

Tata Punch EVvsMahindra BE 6

Tata Punch EVvsMahindra XEV 9e

Tata Punch EVvsTata Nexon EV

Tata Punch EVvsTata Tiago EV

Mahindra BE 6vsMahindra XEV 9e

Mahindra BE 6vsTata Nexon EV

Mahindra BE 6vsTata Tiago EV

Mahindra XEV 9evsTata Nexon EV

Mahindra XEV 9evsTata Tiago EV

Tata Nexon EVvsTata Tiago EV

Source pool

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DomainCitesEngine splitLead

Sentiment composition

PositiveNeutralCautiousNegative

Tata Punch EV45/51/4/0

Mahindra BE 627/69/1/3

Mahindra XEV 9e25/72/3/0

Tata Nexon EV33/64/3/0

Tata Tiago EV50/48/2/0

MG Comet EV26/61/13/0

Kia EV636/56/8/0

Engine fan-out queries

No fan-out queries surfaced today.

No fan-out queries surfaced today.

No fan-out queries surfaced today.

Prompts run today

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Who runs this index

The CITE Index is built and published daily by Cite Solutions, a managed GEO agency, using the same measurement pipeline we run for client brands. If you want to know how your own brand shows up when buyers ask ChatGPT, Gemini, or Google AI Mode about electric cars or any other category, run an AI visibility audit and get the same per-prompt receipts you see on this page.