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VW electrifies Europe: 75% more electric cars in just 9 months!
Volkswagen increases electric car sales in Europe by 75%. Market share grows while competition and market challenges exist.
VW electrifies Europe: 75% more electric cars in just 9 months!
Volkswagen is betting on the future: electric car sales are booming
In the first nine months of 2025, Volkswagen (VW) dramatically increased its deliveries of fully electric vehicles in Europe. With an impressive increase of more than 75% compared to last year, the automotive giant is once again in the fast lane. Around 293,300 electric cars were sold in the same period last year, which underlines the interest in sustainable mobility solutions. VW currently has a 27% market share for electric cars in Europe Black Forest messenger reported.
Could it be time for one in five new cars to be electric? This trend is already a reality in Western Europe: from January to September 2025, a fifth of all vehicles delivered were purely electric cars, while in the previous year it was only 12%. And that's not all - orders for battery electric vehicles (BEVs) rose by almost two thirds in the first three quarters compared to the previous year. Good news for everyone who relies on environmentally friendly technology. Time online highlights that the first part of 2024 was also characterized by a similar boom, when VW more than doubled sales of electric cars.
A look at the challenges
But there are downsides: in 2024, the end of a funding program in Germany and other countries caused a decline in sales of electric cars. This market development shows how dependent the e-car business can be on government support. Stagnant deliveries of around 2.2 million vehicles are currently expected across the entire industry in the third quarter of 2025. In addition, VW has to contend with intense low-cost competition in China, while in the USA President Donald Trump's tariff policy is influencing market conditions for foreign suppliers, so VW is also challenged here. Heise.de sums up this situation aptly.
Future outlook
The electric car trend clearly shows that Volkswagen is on the right track. In order to meet increasing requirements and legal requirements, the group increasingly sees itself as having an obligation to further increase its sales share of electric cars. New models also play an important role: VW has already announced that it will cut over 35,000 jobs in Germany by 2030 in order to save costs and focus on promoting electromobility.
In particular, the new model range, including the VW ID.2 and other electric vehicles that will come onto the market in the next 18 months, is likely to bring a breath of fresh air to sales figures. Ultimately, VW must remain constantly innovative in the competition with regard to the new fleet limits. It will be exciting to see how the electric car market develops in the coming years.