Volkswagen ID. Models Grew 49.1% in Europe in 2025

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Volkswagen saw strong electric vehicle sales growth in Europe last year, especially in its home market of Germany. It is probably no coincidence that Tesla sales plummeted in Europe, especially Germany, at the same time.

I’ll circle back to that, but the bad news is that Volkswagen’s EV sales were actually very slightly down globally despite that. Dropping 0.2% to about 382,000 deliveries, EVs represented 8.1% of Volkswagen’s global deliveries. Given the company’s strong rise in EV sales in Europe, that implies it didn’t do so well in China. However, Volkswagen’s Board Member for Sales, Marketing and After Sales, Martin Sander, indicated that the company would be introducing 10 new electric models in China in the coming year.

But, on to the good news. Here’s what Volkswagen has to share:

“Volkswagen significantly increased its sales of all-electric vehicles in 2025, especially in Germany and Europe. Deliveries rose to 93,800 vehicles in the company’s home market of Germany (+60.7 percent) and to around 247,900 units in the whole of Europe (+49.1 percent).

“The new best-selling model in the ID. family, the ID.7, was a major driver of this growth. Around 35,000 units of this model were delivered in Germany, representing an increase of 132.0 percent. The ID.7 was likewise popular among customers across Europe, who ordered 76,600 units (+133.9 percent). The top model is available both as a saloon (ID.7) and as an estate (ID.7 Tourer).

“Volkswagen expects demand for its electric vehicles to rise in the current year as it rolls out many new all-electric models, including the ID. Polo with a starting price of around 25,000 euros and the production version of the ID. Cross compact SUV.”

So, great news in Europe, and we can expect that to continue in 2026 with more growth. I’m very excited to see what happens with the ID. Polo and ID. Cross. These should be bangin’ proper hits in Europe. But can Volkswagen get some EV growth going globally again in 2026? Let’s see.