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Following our quarterly report on US electrical car gross sales general and damaged down by mannequin, let’s now get to the breakdown by model and auto group. As a substitute of simply trying on the third quarter, although, I’ll evaluate quarter over quarter and 12 months over 12 months, because the most attention-grabbing factor for many people is how the market is altering. Observe, after all, that the third quarter was an irregular quarter because it was the final time you may get the $7,500 EV tax credit score on a brand new automotive buy, resulting in a rush of EV purchases and the best market share for EVs in US historical past.
Most notable, after all, is Tesla’s shift available in the market over time. The corporate as soon as accounted for 80–90% of US EV gross sales, however that market share has been sliding for years, and it reached a brand new low of 40.8% within the third quarter. Nonetheless, which manufacturers and auto teams have been benefiting from that drop — or inflicting it, you may say — and which manufacturers are additionally seeing their affect slide?
Beginning with Tesla, although, notice that the Texan firm’s 40.8% share of the US EV market is down from 48.5% within the 2nd quarter of 2025, down from 49.3% within the third quarter of 2024, and down from 53.9% within the third quarter of 2023. Dropping 13 share factors in two years is a fairly vital drop.
Nonetheless, with 41% of the market, Tesla stands out as far and away the highest promoting auto model or auto group for pure EV gross sales in america. Additional down the chart, although, who do you assume is gaining floor?
These are the massive winners in EV market share in america:
- Volkswagen Group had essentially the most vital progress in share of the EV market. It rose from 3.7% share within the 2nd quarter to 8.3% share within the third quarter. That is additionally up from 3.3% share within the third quarter of 2024 and its 3.7% share within the third quarter of 2023.
- Volkswagen itself rose from 0.9% share within the 2nd quarter to 3.4% share within the third quarter. That is additionally up from 1.3% share within the third quarter of 2024 however is definitely beneath its 3.7% share within the third quarter of 2023.
- Audi rose from 1.9% share within the 2nd quarter to 4.1% share within the third quarter. That is additionally up from 1.6% share within the third quarter of 2024 and a couple of.6% share within the third quarter of 2023.
- Hyundai–Kia rose from 7.3% share within the 2nd quarter to 10.3% share within the third quarter. That is additionally up from 8.7% share within the third quarter of 2024 and eight.0% share within the third quarter of 2023.
- Hyundai rose from 5.3% share within the 2nd quarter to 6.5% share within the third quarter. That is additionally up from 4.3% share within the third quarter of 2024 and 5.8% share within the third quarter of 2023.
- Kia rose from 1.7% share within the 2nd quarter to 3.5% share within the third quarter. That is additionally down from 4.0% share within the third quarter of 2024, although, however up from 2.2% share within the third quarter of 2023.
- Honda Motor Co. rose from 4.1% share within the 2nd quarter to 5.4% share within the third quarter. That is additionally up from 4.5% share within the third quarter of 2024 and 0% share within the third quarter of 2023.
- Honda itself (excluding Acura) rose from 2.3% share within the 2nd quarter to 5.1% share within the third quarter. That is additionally up from 3.7% share within the third quarter of 2024 and 0% share within the third quarter of 2023.
- A bunch of auto manufacturers and teams dropped a bit of their share of the EV market, however most notable was Nissan/Nissan Corp., which dropped from 3.1% within the 2nd quarter to 0.9% share within the third quarter. That’s additionally down from 3.0% share within the third quarter of 2024 and a couple of.1% share within the third quarter of 2023.
To shut, listed here are the pure EV gross sales numbers of the completely different auto manufacturers and teams within the third quarter:
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