Q1 NEV sales up 39% y-oy

Q1 NEV sales—including BEVs, PHEVs, and FCEVs—reached 4.02 million units in the first quarter of 2025, marking a 39% YoY increase, says TrendForce, NEVs accounted for 18.4% of total global auto sales for the quarter.

BEV sales grew 45% YoY to reach 2.67 million units. BYD  maintained its lead over Telsa in BEV sales  with a 15.4% market share, to Tesla’s  12.6%. Geely ranked third  with  its BEV sales growing 443% YoY.

XPeng ranked sixth and Xiaomi made a notable debut in the rankings, reaching eighth place with a single model.


Among non-Chinese automakers, Volkswagen came in fifth, with sales rising 41% YoY. BMW was seventh  and Hyundai  tenth.


PHEV sales total 1.35 million units, up 28%, YoYBYD brand led the PHEV market with a 38.7% market share. Geely rose to third place, thanks to a 61% QoQ and 158% YoY increase in sales from its Galaxy lineup.

Bit all Chinese brands fared equally. AITO, backed by Huawei’s Harmony Intelligent Mobility Alliance (HIMA), dropped to seventh place with a 47% YoY sales decline.

Deepal and Lynk & Co both fell out of the top 10, with Lynk & Co seeing a 25% YoY sales contraction.

TrendForce forecasts 2025 global NEV sales to reach 19.47 million units, up 19.6% YoY.

 

David Manners

David Manners

David Manners has more than forty-years experience writing about the electronics industry, its major trends and leading players. As well as writing business, components and research news, he is the author of the site's most popular blog, Mannerisms. This features series of posts such as Fables, Markets, Shenanigans, and Memory Lanes, across a wide range of topics.

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