EV Market

EV Market Stats 2025

Tracking the electric vehicle market in New Zealand.

October 2025

BEV Units this month

563

-13.7% YoY

PHEV Units this month

653

89.8% YoY

BEV Market Share this month

4.2%

-1.3% YoY

This year vs. last year: what’s the difference in EV market share?

2025 YTD

New light vehicle sales by fuel type for current year

BEV market share

5.6% 5.0% in 2024

PHEV market share

5.2% 2.4% in 2024

Hybrid market share

33.1% 28.1% in 2024

Units sold (change vs last year)

BEV+22.9%

PHEV+138.4%

Hybrid+29.8%

Petrol+0.1%

Diesel-9.0%

Year-to-date (YTD) shows data from January through the most recent month. Comparisons with the previous year cover the same period.

Key Insights:

In 2025, Q1 and Q2 BEV sales are stronger than 2024, but Q3 2025 slightly weaker.
Significant increase in PHEV purchases.
Steady growth in hybrid vehicle purchases.

What proportion of new vehicles sold each month are fully electric?

BEV Sales in New Zealand

New light vehicles

What proportion of new vehicles sold each month are plug-in hybrid or fully electric?

EV Sales in New Zealand

New light vehicles

What’s the market share of different fuel types?

Market Share by Fuel Type

New light vehicles in New Zealand

Key Insights:

Electrified vehicles have maintained ~45% market share since late 2024.
Pickup in plug-in hybrid purchases from 2025.
Share of diesel vehicles remains unchanged.

Definitions
BEV - Battery Electric Vehicle, PHEV - Plug-in Hybrid, Hybrid: electrified powertrain that cannot be charged externally. Only includes new light vehicles (passenger cars, SUVs, utes, and vans), does not include heavy commercial.

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Sources
New light vehicle registrations from NZTA open data (does not include used imports).

How many fully electric vehicles are there in New Zealand?

There are currently around 86,500 fully electric light vehicles (plus around 41,000 plug-in hybrids).

What percentage of the light vehicle fleet is electric?

BEV Percentage

1.92%

PHEV Percentage

0.9%

Total EV Percentage

2.81%

What's the difference between market share and percentage of fleet?

Market share is the percentage of new vehicle sales in a given period (e.g. month or year). Percentage of fleet is the total number of vehicles on the road, including all vehicles sold in previous years.

Market share can change quickly; the vehicle fleet takes decades to change - NZ has over 4.4 million light vehicles.