The Global Automaker Rating 2025: Who Is Leading the Transition to Electric Vehicles? (ICCT)

Summary

• The global EV sales share among light-duty vehicles reached 25% in 2025, up from 19% in 2024.p.3
• The fourth Global Automaker Rating evaluates the world's 22 largest automakers using 10 custom-built metrics.p.3
• Scores of 8 automakers increased, 12 decreased and 1 stayed the same; Hyundai-Kia rose into the Transitioners category while Great Wall fell into the Laggards category.p.4
• Tesla (83) and BYD (72) lead the 2025 ratings.p.7
• Out of the 22 automakers, 21 increased their EV sales shares year-on-year.p.5
• Vietnam's EV sales share surged to 37% in 2025, while Thailand reached 24% and Türkiye 18%.p.12
• The sales-weighted average real-world electric drive share of PHEVs was 53% in 2025, up from 51% in 2024.p.21

Key insights

1. ChangAn reached 88% class coverage and Chery 81%, while most US- and Japan-based OEMs offered electric models in fewer than 30% of segments.p.5
2. The highest class coverage in 2025 was 88% from ChangAn, higher than the 81% from SAIC in 2024.p.24
3. BYD's PHEV share (53%) remained larger than its BEV share (47%), but its BEV share expanded by 3 percentage points.p.22
4. FCEV sales made up less than 0.1% of all ZEV sales by the 22 manufacturers, and 94% of those were by Hyundai-Kia and Toyota.p.22
5. Tata Motors led on energy consumption with an adjusted 106 Wh/km, followed by Mahindra at 113 Wh/km.p.29
6. The Hyundai IONIQ 5 can charge its battery from 10% to 80% in 18 minutes at an average rate of 169 kW.p.30
7. The 22 manufacturers accounted for about 92% of all light-duty vehicle sales in the six major markets.p.15