2025 (Half Year) Germany: Best-Selling Electric Car Brands and Models

2025 (First Half): Volkswagen, BMW, and Skoda were the top-selling electric car brands in Germany with the VW ID7 the favorite battery-electric vehicle (BEV) model.

2025 (First Half): Volkswagen, BMW, and Skoda were the top-selling electric car brands in Germany with the VW ID7 the favorite battery-electric vehicle (BEV) model.

Latest German Car Sales Statistics: 2025 HY: Brands & Models, Electric; (Q1): Brands, Models, Electric Cars; 2024: Market Overview, Brands, Models, Electric Cars; 2023-2007.

Electric Car Sales in Germany in 2025 (Half Year)

New passenger vehicle registrations (Personenkraftfahrzeuge) in Germany contracted by 4.7% to 1,402,789 cars (PKW) in the first semester of 2025 compared to 1,471,641 cars sold during the first six months of 2024.

Total sales of battery-electric vehicles (BEV) increased by 35.1% during the first half of 2025 to 248,726 all-electric cars. However, all-electric car sales in Germany at the start of 2024 were particularly weak following the unexpected change in government subsidies in December 2023. BEV had an 18.4% market share in Germany during the first half of 2025 compared to 17.7% in the first six months of 2024.

Best-Selling Electric Car Brands in Germany in 2025 (Half Year)

The 30 top-selling car marques in Germany during the first half of 2025, according to the KBA, were:

BRAND1-6/2025% SHARE
BEV TOTAL248,726100.0
1VW52,44521.1
2BMW22,5839.1
3SKODA22,3709.0
4AUDI19,6327.9
5SEAT16,2996.6
6MERCEDES14,4385.8
7HYUNDAI12,9635.2
8TESLA8,8903.6
9OPEL8,7023.5
10FORD6,9222.8
11KIA6,9062.8
12RENAULT5,5982.3
13MINI5,5962.2
14VOLVO5,2842.1
15PORSCHE4,7581.9
16BYD4,5441.8
17MG ROEWE4,5321.8
18FIAT4,0231.6
19TOYOTA3,4371.4
20DACIA2,7321.1
21CITROEN2,0420.8
22SMART1,9500.8
23POLESTAR1,9150.8
24LEAPMOTOR1,8440.7
25PEUGEOT1,7580.7
26GWM1,2350.5
27XPENG1,0650.4
28NISSAN7960.3
29ALPINE3010.1
30LEXUS3000.1

NOTE: % SHARE is the brand’s share of total electric car sales in Germany

Top-Selling Electric Car Brands in Germany in 2025 (Half Year)

Volkswagen was by far the largest electric car brand in Germany during the first half of 2025. VW took a 21.1% share of the German electric car market compared to the 20.4% share it had of the total German new car market.

BMW was second and also with a larger electric car market share than for the total market. It was followed by three further brands from the Volkswagen Group: Skoda, Audi, and Seat.

Tesla, third in full-year 2024, slipped from third to eighth.

Best-Selling Electric Car Models in Germany in 2025 (Half Year)

The 30 top-selling car marques in Germany during the first half of 2025, according to the KBA, were:

BRANDMODEL1-6/2025%*
TOTALBEV SALES248,726100.0
1VWID.718,01734.4
2VWID.4, ID.515,07228.7
3VWID.314,62327.9
4SKODAENYAQ12,97358.0
5SEATBORN10,23962.8
6SKODAELROQ9,39442.0
7BMWX17,42132.9
8AUDIQ66,44932.8
9TESLAMODEL Y6,30570.9
10AUDIQ46,25431.9
11SEATTAVASCAN6,05437.1
12AUDIA66,01830.7
13BMW4ER5,62524.9
14MINIMINI5,596100.0
15HYUNDAIINSTER5,17039.9
16BMW5ER4,63920.5
17MERCEDESGLA4,59831.8
18VWID. BUZZ4,5048.6
19FORDEXPLORER4,31262.3
20KIAEV34,21261.0
21RENAULTR54,05672.5
22MERCEDESGLB3,78626.2
23HYUNDAIIONIQ53,62928.0
24FIAT5003,50887.2
25MG43,29272.6
26TOYOTABZ43,26194.9
27HYUNDAIKONA3,26025.1
28VOLVOEX303,22661.1
29OPELCORSA3,22537.1
30PORSCHEMACAN3,12165.6

NOTE: *% indicates the model’s percentage of the electric car sales of the brand.

Top 30 Best-Selling Electric Car Models in Germany in 2025 (Half Year)

It was a clean sweep for Volkswagen with the three best-selling all-electric car models in Germany thus far in 2025 all being VW models. The VW ID7 was the top-selling electric car model in Germany, followed by the ID4 and ID3.

The next three electric car models were also by Volkswagen-owned brands: the Skoda Enyaq, Seat Born, and Skoda Elroq. A further two top ten electric car models — the Audi Q6 and Audi Q4 — were also from the Volkswagen Group.

The only two top-ten electric car models in Germany in the first half of 2025 without Volkswagen links were the BMW X1 and Tesla Model Y. The Model Y was the top-selling electric car in Germany in full year 2024. The Model 3 dropped to 33rd.

Latest German Car Sales Statistics: 2025 HY: Brands & Models, Electric; (Q1): Brands, Models, Electric Cars; 2024: Market Overview, Brands, Models, Electric Cars; 2023-2007.

About the author:

Henk Bekker

Henk Bekker is a freelance writer with over 20 years of experience in online writing. His best-selling cars website has been reporting car sales statistics since 2008 with classic car auction prices focusing on the most expensive automobiles sold at public auctions in the past decade. He also owns the travel websites European-Traveler.com and Lake Geneva Switzerland. Henk holds an MBA from Edinburgh Business School and an MSc in Finance from the University of London.