RESEARCH
Global EV Sales Cross 20 Million in 2025 -- Trackers Split From 20.7M to 21.47M
Four independent market-intelligence firms -- Benchmark Mineral Intelligence, the IEA, SNE Research, and BloombergNEF -- all confirm full-year 2025 was a record year for global electric vehicle sales, with growth in the 20-25% range over 2024. But their full-year totals for the same 12-month period range from 20.7 million to 21.47 million units, a spread of roughly 770,000 vehicles (about 3.7% of the low-end figure), and their estimates of China's share of the global total range from about 60% to 64%.
Findings
- Benchmark Mineral Intelligence (via Rho Motion) recorded 20.7 million global EV sales in 2025, up 20% from 2024, with China contributing 12.9 million units (+17%) and Europe 4.3 million (+33%).
- The IEA's Global EV Outlook 2026 confirms electric car sales exceeded 20 million in 2025 (+20% YoY), with China accounting for roughly six in ten EVs sold worldwide and Europe's share climbing to 28% of new car sales on stricter EU CO2 standards.
- SNE Research's January-December 2025 tally puts global EV deliveries at 21.47 million (+21.5% YoY) -- the highest of the four trackers -- with China at 13.808 million (+18.8%, a 64.3% share) and North America the only major region in decline at 1.736 million units (-5.0%).
- BloombergNEF's Electric Vehicle Outlook 2026 reports roughly 21 million EVs sold globally in 2025 (more than a quarter of the world new-car market) while projecting 23 million for 2026 (+11%), citing a US demand slowdown after the loss of federal EV tax credits.
Delta Engine result
↔ Divergence Detected — Δ 0.1215 (threshold 0.05)
- IEA T5 96
- BloombergNEF T2 85
- Benchmark Mineral Intelligence T0 95
- SNE Research T0 90
Evidence quality
avg 50 · min 25 · max 95 · spread 70