VW increases EV sales by 59 per cent
In comparison, VW sold 136,400 battery electric cars in the first three months of 2024, compared to 216,000 electric cars in the same period in 2025. The global BEV share of the Group’s sales thus rose from six to ten per cent, as Volkswagen delivered 2.13 million cars across all drive types (+1.4%).
The Volkswagen Group recorded strong growth in electric car sales in Europe (+113 per cent) and the US (+51 per cent) – in Western Europe, 19 per cent of total sales were purely electric. However, things went less well in the much more relevant market in China, where EV deliveries fell by 37 per cent.
In other words, while the Volkswagen Group’s brands still delivered 41,000 battery-electric cars in China in Q1 2024, this figure fell to just 25,900 units in 2025. At the same time, EV sales in the US increased from 13,200 to 20,400 vehicles and could thus soon overtake China as the second most important BEV region for the VW Group. However, Europe remains the most important market, where the Q1 result for 2024 (74,400 electric cars) more than doubled, reaching 157,800 units. The rest of the world also saw strong growth of 62.2 per cent from 7,800 to 12,700 BEVs.
| Deliveries by market | Jan. – Mar. 2025 | Jan. – Mar. 2024 | Delta (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Europe | 157,800 | 74,400 | +112.3 |
| USA | 20,400 | 13,200 | +54.9 |
| China | 25,900 | 41,000 | -36.8 |
| Rest of the world | 12,700 | 7,800 | +62.2 |
| World | 216,900 | 136,400 | +59.0 |
In addition to the 216,800 BEVs, the Group also delivered 82,500 plug-in hybrids, 15 per cent more than in the same period of the previous year. According to Volkswagen, it is seeing increasing demand for second-generation plug-in hybrids with all-electric ranges of up to 143 kilometres in particular.
The largest growth was recorded by the ‘Brand Group Sport Luxury’, which consists solely of Porsche – the electric Macan entered its first full year and, Porsche already presented its delivery figures a day earlier, sales grew by 326.4 per cent to 18,400 units.
However, the ‘Brand Group Core’ also performed well, with an increase of 57.2 per cent to 151,200 BEVs. The VW brand contributed 95,200 electric cars (+39.6 per cent), Skoda 27,000 units (+31.2 per cent), Seat/Curpa 19,000 vehicles (+173.1 per cent) and VW Commercial Vehicles 10,100 electric vans (+42.4 per cent). The ‘Brand Group Progressive’ (Audi, Bentley and Lamborghini) saw an increase of 31.2 per cent from 35,600 to 46,700 electric cars, although only Audi currently has electric cars in its range.
| Deliveries by brand | Jan. – Mar. 2025 | Jan. – Mar. 2024 | Delta (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brand Group Core | 151,400 | 96,200 | +57.5 |
| Volkswagen Passenger Cars | 95,200 | 68,200 | +39.6 |
| Škoda | 27,000 | 14,000 | +93.3 |
| SEAT/CUPRA | 18,600 | 7,000 | +167.4 |
| Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles | 10,700 | 7,100 | +51.1 |
| Brand Group Progressive | 46,400 | 35,600 | +30.1 |
| Audi | 46,400 | 35,600 | +30.1 |
| Bentley | – | – | – |
| Lamborghini | – | – | – |
| Brand Group Sport Luxury | 18,400 | 4,300 | +326.4 |
| Porsche | 18,400 | 4,300 | +326.4 |
| Brand Group Trucks / TRATON | 600 | 300 | +94.9 |
| MAN | 380 | 140 | +178.5 |
| Volkswagen Truck & Bus | 50 | 80 | -39.5 |
| Scania | 100 | 50 | +121.3 |
| International | 90 | 60 | +53.6 |
| Volkswagen Group (total) | 216,800 | 136,400 | +58.9 |
The ‘Brand Group Trucks / TRATON’ delivered 590 electric vehicles in the first quarter. MAN more than doubled the previous year’s result with 330 vehicles, as did Scania with a jump from 50 to 110 electric trucks. Volkswagen Truck & Bus, on the other hand, saw a 43.4 per cent drop to 40 units.
As usual, VW lists the ten best-selling electric models in its announcements on delivery figures. The list is headed by the VW ID.4/ID.5 duo with 43,700 units, followed by the ID.3 with 28,100 vehicles and 22,900 Audi Q4 e-tron (incl. Sportback) and 20,200 Skoda Enyaq (incl. Coupé). The VW ID.7 (incl. Tourer) followed with 19,100 deliveries, ahead of the Audi Q6 e-tron (incl. Sportback) and the Porsche Macan with 14,200 units. The VW ID. Buzz (incl. Cargo) with 12,700 units narrowly outperforms the Cupra models Born (11,000) and Tavascan (7,600).
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