VW ID.4 amounts to 194% of sales of electric vehicles in Europe, but I don’t even meet the Top 25 in total

Electric vehicles saw their market share increase by 37% last month in Europe, VW taking the Crown of Tesla and the Y model

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Electric vehicles gain land in Europe, sales that are skyrocketing 37% last month. A total of 165,473 battery electric vehicles were delivered in 28 countries on the continent, including the 25 EU nations plus the United Kingdom, Norway and Switzerland, according to data from Jato Dynamics. However, a more in -depth examination of sales figures reveals that even the most popular EV could not separate the first 25 from the most sold new cars in Europe.

In January, the Volkswagen ID.4 appeared as a best -selling EV in Europe, with 7,177 units recorded in the region. It is a massive increase of 195% compared to January 2024, propelling the ID.4 before the longtime champion EV in title, the Tesla Model Y. But before starting to imagine a title of “VW dominance”, breathe.

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Sales of the model took a nose of 46% to only 6,115 units. He did not really go beyond the VW ID.7, which sold 5,879 units. Whether the model crisis is linked to the launch of its lift version or a reaction against the increasingly publicized political activities of Elon Musk is still the assumption of anyone.

Not far behind was the new Kia EV3, with 5,792 sales. Thus, while VW can tap at the back to push the ID.4 at the top, the overall EV market has a long way to go before it competes with heavy public strikers.

The best -selling models overall

While VW leaders can celebrate solid sales of ID.4 and ID.7 models, electric vehicles still have a long way to go before being able to compete with more traditional ice models in terms of sales figures. As is often the case in Europe, the Dacia Sandero was the new best -selling car overall, with 21,309 examples sold.

This has comfortably advanced it on the VW Golf (17,630), the Peugeot 208 (17,289), the Dacia Duster (15,816) and the VW T-Roc (15,655). In particular, no EV was able to repress the top 25. To put this in perspective, the Skoda Octavia (13,913 sales) and the Hyundai Tucson (13 201) were all considerably in advance on the ID.4.

It’s not exactly a surprise. Despite all the buzz surrounding electric vehicles, the reality is that Europeans always have a strong preference for their good Ol ‘Gas-Guzzlers. This means that the ID.4 was behind models like the Skoda Octavia (13,913 sales), the Hyundai Tucson (13,201 sales), Ford Puma (10,499 sales) and the MG ZS, which changed 9,720 units.

PHEVs slide as electric vehicles go up, but not much

Interestingly, rechargeable hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVS) experienced a drop in sales in January, lowering 6% in annual sliding. Only 75,680 PHEV found new owners, much less than last year, showing that if the full electric vehicle market increases, hybrid models could start to fade in the background.

The Volvo XC40 led the PHEV load with 5,001 units sold, followed by the VW Tiguan (4,159 deliveries), BMW X1 (3222), Toyota C-HR (2861), Hyundai Tucson (2555) and Ford Kuga (2,446).

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