Tesla slumps, VW shines in European EV gross sales race

European new automobile gross sales information for July has revealed fascinating developments significantly within the electrical automobile (EV) and plug-in hybrid (PHEV) segments, the place Tesla continues to lose floor and the Volkswagen Group is surging up the charts.

As reported by business journal Automotive Information Europe, seven-month gross sales figures from market researcher Dataforce has revealed EV and PHEV gross sales collectively are up 26 per cent throughout Europe to 1.38 million items, regardless of a flat market general by July.

The Tesla Mannequin Y stays Europe’s favorite EV, nonetheless it’s down 33 per cent 12 months thus far (75,139) as is the Mannequin 3 (44,103). In the meantime, the Volkswagen ID.4 (46,627, up 35 per cent) and ID.3 (44,352, up 38 per cent) spherical out the gross sales podium and lead the Group’s EV cost, which has seen a close to doubling in quantity to 394,617 items.

Maybe extra stunning – a minimum of from SUV-hungry Australia – is that the Mannequin 3 might quickly be overtaken by the brand new VW ID.7, successfully an all-electric companion to the Passat, which has surged 457 per cent (43,566) and presently sits in fifth place proper behind the Tesla sedan.

Different key drivers of Europe’s EV progress embrace the brand new Skoda Elroq (42,564), Kia EV3 (40,794) and Renault 5 E-Tech (39,752).

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Above:Volkswagen’s ID. and eHybrid fashions are surging in Europe

Within the PHEV area, gross sales are up by 26 per cent to 706,457 items by the top of July, with Chinese language manufacturers doing the majority of the heavy lifting with new fashions – accounting for 11 per cent of the PHEV market general. For reference, Chinese language manufacturers solely held 2.0 per cent share the identical interval in 2024.

In line with Automotive Information Europe, that is partly because of Chinese language manufacturers pivoting to PHEVs after the European Union raised import tariffs on China-made EVs “to guard native automakers from what it known as unfair subsidies handed out by the Chinese language state”.

Along with the onslaught of latest Chinese language fashions within the area, once more the VW Group is seeing robust progress within the PHEV area. The Volkswagen Tiguan is Europe’s favorite plug-in hybrid, with PHEV variations of the German model’s SUV returning 38,337 gross sales throughout the January-July interval.

Second was the BYD Seal U – recognized right here because the Sealion 6 –with 35,094 gross sales, whereas final 12 months’s chief, the Volvo XC60, took bronze with 34,506 items (down 1.8 per cent). The Ford Kuga (25,109, down 0.1 per cent), BMW X1 (23,438, up 12 per cent) and Toyota C-HR (23,099) have been fourth, fifth and sixth, respectively.

Whereas Chinese language manufacturers have been known as out as key drivers of PHEV progress, no Chinese language fashions past the Seal U made Europe’s prime 10.