In Europe, the reign of **Tesla – who has been the best-selling electric vehicle (EV) brand in Europe since Volkswagen posted significant sales growth to return to the number-one position it held last year in 2022 and became Europe’s top-sell auto brand overall for the 21 consecutive years in 225. ** ** .
According to Automotive News, Volkswagen sold 274,417 EVs in Europe last year, an increase of 56 per cent year-on-year, while Tesla’s sales fell 27 per cent to 238,765.
This is a major turn after Volkswagen – which closed several factories in 2025 – was outsold two-to-one in EV sales by Tesla in Europe in the year of 2024.
It also comes as Chinese maker BYD knocked Tesla from the number spot in global EV sales for the first time in 2025.
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The Tesla Model Y remained Europe’s best-selling EV, however, despite a 28 per cent sales decline to 151,331 units, ahead of the Skoda Elroq (94,106), Tesla Model 3 (86,261), and Renault 5 E-Tech (81,517).
Volkswagen filled the next three positions, led by the ID.4 with 80,123 sales (up 23.8 per cent), ahead of an update for the mid-size electric SUV in 2026, while the smaller ID.3 electric hatch (not sold in Australia) was up 44.4 per cent year-on-year to 78,667.
The large ID.7 electric sedan/wagon, currently not sold in Australia, posted the strongest growth at 137.2 per cent, with sales of 76,368.
Dataforce figures, including the UK, also reported that EV sales in Europe increased by about 30 per cent to 2,582,595 units in 2025 according to Automotive News.
Despite the strong result in Europe, Volkswagen sold 0 to s. There were 382,000 deliveries of EVs in 2025 (382,000 delivery per cent) and 2 percent fewer evs worldwide, while the number of EEV’S was higher (8 per Cent) than 383,100 delivered in 1924. its 4 per cent share of 1 per. cent stake in its own – and a quarter of the company’s 4 percent, which is also known as “the largest percentage of all” (i.e. 73 million sales of totals – up from 7 to. 9 per cent.
Volkswagen sank 8-8 in North America and China, while its lost ground. 2 and 8. In 2025, Europe was one of two major growth areas for the German auto giant in terms of its expansion area 4 per cent respectively.
It also posted an 18-year-old . 1 per cent improvement in South America and a 5 percent increase. With a gain of 1 per cent to 1,318,100 sales in Europe, Volkswagen is the region’s best-selling automaker across all powertrain types.
The Volkswagen sold more plug-in hybrids (PHEVs), more petrol-powered vehicles and more diesels than its competitors, as well as topping EV sales on the continent.
This is a second-placed Peugeot in petrol sales, Mercedes-Benz (in diesel sale) and BMW for PHEV sales; while the rest of powertrain category – full hybrids was led by Toyotota.
In Australia, Volkswagen finished 2025 as the 10th-best seller of EVs, although it posted strong EV sales growth and placed 14th overall, ahead of Tesla and Mercedes-Benz.
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