Overview
- Volkswagen registered 274,417 BEVs in the EU, UK and EFTA in 2025, topping Tesla’s 238,765, according to Dataforce.
- European battery-electric registrations rose about 30% to 2,582,595 last year on the same dataset.
- Tesla’s Model Y remained Europe’s best-selling EV with 151,331 units despite a 28% drop, with the Model 3 ranking third at 86,261.
- VW’s ID.4 reached 80,123 sales (up 23.8%), the ID.3 hit 78,667 (up 44.4%) and the ID.7 climbed to 76,368 (up 137.2%).
- Beyond BEVs, VW led Europe in plug-in hybrids, petrol and diesel sales in 2025, while BYD took the global EV sales crown from Tesla.