Volkswagen EV Gross sales Surge 47 % In 2025

Just a few days in the past, CleanTechnica revealed a narrative that celebrated the expansion of electrical car gross sales around the globe in 2025. That was earlier than Volkswagen got here out with its newest gross sales report, which reveals its EV gross sales had been up 47 % within the first half of 2025. That is particularly joyful information for the German automaker, which has been combating overcapacity points at its factories. That, in flip, has led to factious relations with its workforce. Better of all, whereas Volkswagen gross sales are down over 30 % in China, they elevated by 90 % in Europe, which helped the corporate keep even in whole international gross sales within the first half of this 12 months.

In a press launch, Marko Schubert, a board member accountable for gross sales at Volkswagen Group, mentioned, “The Volkswagen Group continues to have robust momentum, due to many newly launched fashions. This is applicable particularly to all-electric autos, with international deliveries up by round 50 % within the first half of the 12 months in comparison with the identical interval final 12 months. This pattern was notably robust in Europe, with development of round 90 %. One in 5 of the autos we delivered in Western Europe is now purely electrical.

“The corresponding orders are additionally growing dynamically. They elevated by greater than 60 %. Throughout all drive varieties, they went up by round 20 %. We have to additional strengthen this constructive growth by persevering with our profitable mannequin offensive. Total, we had been capable of barely enhance our international deliveries by the top of June regardless of difficult circumstances. Beneficial properties in South America and Europe greater than offset the anticipated declines in China and North America.”

Volkswagen Group delivered 4.41 million autos of all vitality varieties worldwide within the first six months of 2025. That’s solely a 1.3 % enhance over 2024, however when you consider that gross sales in China had been down by a few third, that’s truly fairly excellent news. Electrical car gross sales helped flip the tide. They had been up 47 % to 465,000 — together with 800 battery electrical business vans. In Europe, the information was even higher. EV gross sales had been up 89 % to 347,900 autos.

The Volkswagen model noticed a rise in EV gross sales of 14.3 % to 192,600 models. EV gross sales at Skoda rocketed upwards by 147.8 % to 73,000 models. SEAT and Cupra mixed noticed a 105.3 % enhance in EV gross sales to 37,600 models, whereas at Audi, EV gross sales rose by 32.3 % to 101,400 models. Individuals at Porsche are smiling as nicely. Its EV gross sales surged a staggering 279 % to 34,200, due to robust demand for the electrical Macan.

PHEV Progress At Volkswagen

Volkswagen Group can be bettering its plug-in hybrid choices by giving them bigger batteries that enhance vary to as a lot as 89 miles in some instances. PHEV gross sales globally for the corporate had been up 41 % to 192,300 models within the first 6 months of this 12 months.

Suppose the EV revolution is over? Suppose once more. Possibly within the US, the place the failed president is busy rewarding his fossil gas marketing campaign donors who kicked in a few quarter of a billion {dollars} to get the fool in chief elected. This maladministration is intent on discovering any and all EV incentives and eradicating them. In the meantime, the remainder of the world is watching the US fade within the rear view mirror because it turns into an increasing number of irrelevant.

China graduates extra engineers each three months than the whole variety of engineers within the US in the present day. Because the MAGAlomaniacs take a sledgehammer to increased schooling, it’s simple for anybody with an IQ increased than a kumquat to see the long-term pattern for America has turned down sharply since Inauguration Day. The present administration’s plan is to proceed the beatings till morale improves. That’s a technique, however it’s extra of a whining one than a profitable one.

Volkswagen EVs Outsell Tesla In Europe

Volkswagen is thrashing the stuffing out of Tesla in Europe. In keeping with CarScoops, statistics compiled by Dataforce present that Tesla bought simply 76,400 models in Europe between January and the top of Might. Throughout the identical interval, gross sales of EVs from the Volkswagen model reached 122,600 models. They present Volkswagen model tied with Tesla in March — a exceptional achievement in itself — however it trounced Tesla in each different month, promoting 3 times as many automobiles in April as Tesla, for instance.

To be honest, in April, Tesla was simply starting deliveries of its refreshed Mannequin Y, codenamed Juniper, however the replace appears to have fallen flat, as Tesla gross sales proceed to say no in most world markets. You’ll be able to’t promote stale bread by placing it in a brand new wrapper. It seems that Elon Musk fired his longtime lieutenant, Omead Afshar, who was head of producing, and now intends to personally be answerable for Tesla gross sales within the US and Europe.

That ought to work out nicely for Tesla, which desperately wants a drug addled serial philanderer in full management. Possibly Mary Barra and Jim Farley ought to begin microdosing ketamine with a view to compete with the Nice and Highly effective Musk?

Challenges Forward For Volkswagen

Amidst all this excellent news, there are nonetheless clouds on the horizon for Volkswagen. Electrical automobiles will not be but as worthwhile as the corporate wants them to be, however it’s working extra time to get to the 6.5 % revenue margin degree. It wished to get there this 12 months however has pushed that aim again to 2026. As well as, competitors from different European automakers — notably Renault — is protecting Volkswagen on its toes.

Competitors with Chinese language producers can be heating up in Europe. BYD has a brand new manufacturing unit coming on-line in Hungary, a second beneath building in Turkey, and a 3rd European manufacturing unit within the planning levels. Nobody ever mentioned the automobile enterprise was simple, however Volkswagen has been at this for practically a century and has the good thing about all the teachings realized alongside the way in which at its disposal. Many thought the corporate wouldn’t survive the Dieselgate debacle, however it did and is now on the verge of thriving once more.

Over the subsequent two years, the Volkswagen model intends to convey two new EV fashions to market. One is the ID.2, which is projected to start out at beneath €25,000 in Germany. The opposite is the ID.1 “A phase” automobile scheduled to reach in 2027, beginning at €20,000. Neither of these automobiles will ever see a showroom within the US, however in Europe and different world markets, they might be simply what the physician ordered.