Sales of electric vehicles in Europe for the first half of the year for the first time exceeded 1 million. The sales leader became Volkswagen with a result of 135,427 cars.
as reported by Anadolu with reference to the data of the Jato Dynamics car supplier, 1,193,397 electric vehicles were sold in Europe for the first six months of 2025, which 25% more compared to the same period last year.
the share of electric vehicles on the European car market over this period reached 17.4%, increasing by 3.6 percentage points compared with the first half of 2024. The largest increase in the share of the electric car market was recorded in Denmark (+19 pp), as well as in Norway (+9,2), Belgium (+8), Finland (+7.2) and Austria (+5.6). Croatia, Slovakia, Romania, Poland and Italy demand for electric cars remains the lowest.
– Volkswagen – leader of the European electric car market
Following the first half of 2025, Volkswagen retained leadership among brands, selling 135,427 electric vehicles – by 78% more than for the same period of 2024 years. Tesla took the second place, despite the decrease in sales by 33%, with the result of 109,262 cars. Third place – BMW, which increased sales by 15% to 94,658 electric cars.
followed by Audi – 74 561 units, Skoda – 71 789 units and Renault – units 64 402. The ten leaders also included Kia – units 55 915, Mercedes – 55,428 units, units, units, units, 55,428 units, units. Volvo – 49 219 units and Hyundai – units 46 380.
The expanded list of best -selling brands includes Peugeot (43 679), BYD (41 270), Cupra (37 372), Ford (35 239), Citroen (33 557), Opel (28 095), mini (27 617), Mg (24 744), Polestar (22 744) and Toyota (19,432). Among other popular brands – Dacia (18 939), Porsche (18 192), Fiat (14 577), Nissan (11,470) and Xpeng (8 346).