World electric vehicle sales in October stood at 1,783,000 units, growing 10.5 per cent year-on-year. The cumulative sales of electric vehicles from January to October 2025 have been calculated to cross 16.5 million with a 23 per cent rise as compared to YTD 2024 (Jan-Oct). In this, China has remained the leading power with 10.3 million sales for the ten months (up 22 per cent), Europe saw 3.4 million sales with a 32 per cent hike, North America sold 1.6 million units, which was 4 per cent higher than the number for the same period last year. The rest of the world registered 1.3 million sales with over 48 per cent boost as compared to YTD 2024, shared RHO motion.
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Country-wise sales figures for Jan to Oct 2025 compared to the last year
15 countries, i.e. China, the United States, Germany, the United Kingdom, France, India, Korea, Italy, Sweden, Canada, Brazil, Thailand, Norway, Japan and Finland, have shown promising numbers to lead the EV game forward.
In the final quarter of 2024, China consistently crossed the 1.2–1.3 million mark each month, and although early 2025 opened with a predictable seasonal dip, the country was back above 1.3 million by September and October.
Across the Pacific, the United States of America’s tail end of 2024 showed stable enthusiasm at around 140,000–162,000 units, whereas 2025 quickly turned into a rollercoaster. Sales shot up past 150,000 in March and April, climbed again to nearly 192,000 by September, and then dropped to just 94,000 in October. The sales drop is majorly contributed to the fact that the government-announced tax credit of up to USD 7500 was stripped off since October 1, 2025. Its numbers hover steadily in the 55,000–75,000 band across both years, rising slightly in early 2025 before correcting modestly in the summer.
After ending 2024 with a confident 60,000 units in December, the United Kingdom market sank to just 30,000 in February 2025 before unexpectedly doubling to 116,000 by September. It’s hard not to read these swings as the impact of fleet cycles, quarter-end targets, or regulatory deadlines, factors that push the UK market into sudden bursts rather than sustained climbs.
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