100,000 EVs on the road, but 84% are e-bikes — is this really an EV revolution?

A National Audit Office report out this week (Oct 26) says Sri Lanka crossed 100,000 registered EVs by mid-2026 — but electric motorcycles and scooters make up roughly 84% of that number, not cars. The same audit says there's still no approved National Transport Policy guiding any of it, no working system to collect or recycle used EV batteries, and only two certified charging operators even though the regulator has had that power since 2009. One side says this is exactly how a transition should start: cheap e-bikes get ordinary riders off petrol first, cars and proper charging infrastructure catch up later once prices and range improve. The other side says we're padding an "EV growth" headline with scooters while real car buyers are still quietly picking hybrids over EVs, scared off by range, resale value and the charging gaps the audit itself flagged. Does the 84% number change how you see Sri Lanka's EV story, or does it just confirm what you already suspected? මෙතන EV ගණන් වලින් වැඩි හරියක් ඉල�ක්ට්‍රික් බයික් කියන එක ගැන ඔබේ අදහස මොකක්ද — එකක් හරි එකක් නරකද?