83% of Sri Lanka's 'EV Registrations' Are E-Bikes, Not Cars — Does the Story Hold Up?

September 2026 registration data came out and total vehicle registrations rose 18.3% to 54,214 units, with headlines calling it an EV-driven recovery. Look closer and electric two-wheelers made up 5,030 of the 6,048 electric registrations, roughly 83%. Electric motor cars were just 495 units, with BYD accounting for 338 of those. One side says this is still real progress: cheap electric bikes and scooters get ordinary families off petrol two-wheelers, and that matters for the fuel import bill whether or not it's a "car." The other side says the EV revolution headlines are misleading when actual electric cars barely move the needle, and tax breaks and green plates built around car-level EV adoption look oversold next to the real trend, which is electric bikes. If you've switched to an electric two-wheeler, does it actually save you money month to month against a petrol bike once you account for battery life and charging time? And if you went for an electric car instead, is the public charging network anywhere near ready for it? Share real numbers either way. විදුලි රථ ගැන වැඩි කතාබහක් තිබුණත්, ඇත්තටම වැඩියෙන්ම වැඩි වෙලා තියෙන්නේ විදුලි බයිසිකල් හා ස්කූටර් ගාණයි - ඔයාගේ අත්දැකීම මොකක්ද?