2025 EVs At 30.0% Share In Germany — Volkswagen ID.7 Best-Seller

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December’s auto market saw plugin EVs at 34.5% share in Germany, up from 23.4% year on year. Full year 2025 saw EVs at 30.0% share, decently up from 20.3% YoY. Overall December auto volume was 246,439 units, up some 10% YoY. Full year 2025 auto volume was 2,858,591 units, up 1% from 2024. The Volkswagen ID.7 was Germany’s best-selling BEV in December, and also for full-year 2025.

December saw combined EVs at 34.5% share in Germany, with full battery electrics (BEVs) at 22.2% and plugin hybrids (PHEVs) at 12.3%. These compare with YoY figures of 23.4% combined, 14.9% BEV and 8.5% PHEV.

Full year 2025 plugin share was 30.0%, up from 20.3% in 2024. BEVs grew from 13.5% to 19.1% YoY. while PHEVs grew to 10.9% from 6.8%.

This is the first year that the German EV transition has been going in the “right direction” since the end of 2022. Just as a reminder, 2022 saw plugin share of 31.4%, with BEVs at 17.8% and PHEVs at 13.7%.

Stepping back – 1.3% additional market share (17.8% to 19.1%) accruing to BEVs over a three year period… is not great. A more optimistic view, however, would point to the decent 2025 turn-around compared to the miserable 2023 and 2024, and maintain hope for that turn-around spirit to maintain its momentum, potentially bringing more forward progress in 2026. We will have to see what happens.

Best-Selling Models

The Volkswagen ID.7 was yet again the best selling BEV in December, with 2,934 units registered. The Skoda Elroq took second place, and the Volkswagen ID.3 took third.

The final quarter of 2025 saw the Volkswagen ID.7 just ahead of group siblings, the Skoda Elroq and Volkswagen ID.3, the same pattern as the December finale.

Full-year 2025 also saw the Volkswagen ID.7 take the top spot, with the ID.3 in second and the ID.4/ID.5 in third place.

Recall 2024’s full-year result, which saw the Tesla Model Y take the lead with almost 30,000 units registered.  The Model Y has lost 59% of its Germany market volume in 2025, a huge disappointment given that it is made in Germany.

Volkswagen Group models now dominate the rankings, with 8 of the top 10 positions, and several more further down the table.

Outlook

What’s the chance that the decent change in momentum seen in 2025 will be sustained throughout 2026, and put Germany’s EV transition back on the track that it established in the 2019 to 2022 period? What do you think this year holds in store for Germany’s auto market? Please jump into the comments below and join in the conversation.

Note: I’ll be moving from a monthly to a quarterly schedule for our European EV market reports this year. This is partly because change in European EV markets is now rather slow and counter-revolutionary. This seems to have been agreed upon by the political and capitalist elites in Europe, which benefits the latter by ICE rent-seeking from us consumers. The move to quarterly reporting is also partly because I have university commitments which unfortunately leave me little spare time for more frequent reporting. My apologies for this, and I thank you for your understanding.