India's electric car sales set to cross 3 lakh units for first time in 2026: Report
https://www.economictimes.com/industry/renewables/indias-electric-car-sales-set-to-cross-3-lakh-units-for-first-time-in-2026-report/articleshow/132066529.cms
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threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 69d
TIL
3 lakh = 300,000
finalarbiter@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 69d
300,000 what? USD, Euros?
VibeSurgeon@piefed.social · 4 pts · 69d
Units. Probably EVs, in this case
finalarbiter@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 5 pts · 69d
Ah, ok. So lakh is a shortening for 100,000 the way that -k would be a shortening for 1,000?
amelore@slrpnk.net · 2 pts · 69d
Sort of, India uses lakh (10⁵) and crore (10⁷) instead of millions (10⁶). They'll also write 10,00,00,000 instead of 100,000,000.