China’s electric car market remains highly competitive. Sales also grew in the USA.
The Volkswagen Group increased sales of electric vehicles in Europe by 112% for the first quarter of 2025, while in China the demand for the company’s electric models fell 37%, reports Reuters.
Volkswagen’s general sales in China decreased by 7.1%. The local electrical vehicle market, currently worth half of all sales, remains highly competitive -Chinese startups are gradually replacing alien manufacturers. Similar problems in China are also mentioned by German competitors – Mercedes -Benz and Porsche.
According to the German Road Transport Agency, KBA, seven of the ten most popular electric vehicles in Germany for the first quarter were Volkswagen models. At the same time, Tesla, previously dominated, was only in the seventh place – the model Y was reduced by almost 70%. Experts associate it with an unused model leader and a fall to the popularity of Ilon’s mask because of its support to the right politicians.
In the USA, Volkswagen sales rose 6.2%. This may indicate that consumers are in a hurry to buy a car up to 25% of tariffs for imports. About two -thirds of Volkswagen brand models for the American market are made in Mexico, and all Porsche, Audi and Lamborghini cars have been imported from Europe -it makes it a concern especially vulnerable to the influence of the new trade war.
We remind you, earlier it was reported that Volkswagen was ready to work to strengthen European defense.
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