Volkswagen Group Resurrected! EV sales jump 50% in the first half of 2025..ID series worked
Jul 14, 2025
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This was more evident in Europe, which recorded a growth rate of about 90%. One in five Volkswagen cars delivered from Western Europe are pure electric cars. Related orders also increased by more than 60%.
"The increase in South America and Europe offset the decline in China and North America," said Marco Schubert, Volkswagen Group's sales manager. "The Volkswagen Group plans to continue this successful model launch and further strengthen this positive trend."
In the first half of 2025, Volkswagen Group's global new car sales reached 4.41 million units, up 1.3% year-on-year. Sales in the first half of 2024 were 4.35 million units. This sufficiently offset the decline in growth rates in South America (+18%), Western Europe (+1%), and Central and Eastern Europe (+9%) in China (-2%) and North America (-7%).
Global EV deliveries in the first half of the year increased 47% year-on-year to 465,500 units. Deliveries in the first half of 2024 were 317,200 units.
The global electric vehicle market share in the first half of the year increased significantly to 11% from 7% a year earlier. Europe (+89%) and the United States (+24%) showed strong growth, while China (-34%) showed a decline. Volkswagen Group has established itself as a market leader both in name and reality, accounting for about 28% of the European electric vehicle market.
In Western Europe, orders for major vehicles increased by 19% in the first half of the year. New models popular with customers, such as the Volkswagen ID.7 Tourer, Cupra Terrama, Skoda Eloke, Audi Q6 e-Tron and Porsche 911. In particular, orders for electric vehicles increased by 62% year-on-year, the largest poin.
Global PHEV deliveries increased 41% year-on-year to 192,300 units. Deliveries in the first half of 2024 were 136,800. Demand for the latest second-generation plug-in hybrid vehicles with up to 143 km1 of pure electric driving is increasing.
Dividing sales in the first half of the year by region, it delivered 1,971,600 units in Europe. This is a 2.0% increase year-on-year. Growth was 1.0% in Western Europe and 8.5% in Central and Eastern Europe. In Germany, the domestic market, the growth rate was 1.9 percent.
North America delivered 461,900 units, down 6.7% year-on-year. In the United States, a major market, it fell 8.5% due to challenging conditions such as tariffs. However, Volkswagen Group grew 6.2 percent in the first quarter of the region.
South America recorded the highest growth rate, delivering 302,100 units, up 18.3% year-on-year. The growth rate of Brazil, a major market, was 7.4 percent.
China delivered 1.47 million units, down 1.3% year-on-year, due to continued fierce competition. Volkswagen explained that the drop in deliveries in China is within the expected range of 2.3%.
Editor Kim Tae-jin, tj.kim@carguy.kr
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
