How Volkswagen's ID line took Germany's top three BEV places in 2025

After the federal EV grant ended in December 2023, German BEV registrations fell 27.4% in 2024 and Tesla's Model Y was still the country's best-selling electric car. In 2025 Volkswagen's ID line took the top three places instead: the ID.7 with 34,563 registrations, the ID.3 with 31,938 and the ID.4/ID.5 with 25,550 (KBA figures via inside digital). Together those three model lines registered 92,051 cars, up from 56,266 in 2024 (KBA figures via Elektroauto-News).

VW ID line, Germany registrations by model

Model	2024	2025	Change
ID.7 (saloon and estate)	14,554	34,563	+137%
ID.3	20,101	31,938	+59%
ID.4 / ID.5	21,611	25,550	+18%
Three lines combined	56,266	92,051	+64%

Annual KBA new registrations. KBA reports the ID.4 and ID.5 together; the ID.Buzz is not included here.

The ID.7 became Germany's best-selling BEV

The ID.7, a large saloon and estate launched in late 2023, more than doubled its German registrations in 2025 and finished as the country's most-registered electric car. Fleet and company-car buyers, who make up most of the German new-car market, favour this kind of long-distance car, and the ID.7 is the VW BEV best placed to win that business.

Price cuts on the ID.3

The ID.3 recovered to second place after a significant price cut, which inside digital notes in its 2025 ranking. Volkswagen Group models filled eight of Germany's ten best-selling BEVs in 2025, including the Skoda Elroq (25,426) and Enyaq (25,383) and the Cupra Born (18,847). Tesla's Model Y, the leader in 2024 with 29,896, dropped to eleventh with 12,303, and Tesla's total German registrations fell 48.4% to 19,390.

What it means for Germany's BEV trajectory

The three ID lines made up about 17% of Germany's 545,142 BEV registrations in 2025, up from about 15% of 380,609 in 2024. A strong VW line-up matters for German BEV share because Volkswagen remains the country's largest brand, with 19.6% of all new registrations in 2025 on KBA's figures. In 2026, with a new income-tested EV grant in place since May, BEV share reached a record 32.4% in August (see our August 2026 Germany report).

Source & methodology

Model registrations are KBA (Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt) annual figures as reported by Elektroauto-News for 2024 and inside digital for 2025. Market totals and the Tesla brand figure are from KBA's 2025 annual release. Live German BEV mix and brand share sit on the Germany dashboard.