Electric SUVs sit at the intersection of two expanding markets: electric cars and the SUV body style. The figures below distinguish observed results from forecasts and separate SUV-specific measures from broader electric-car, BEV, and regulatory vehicle categories.
Key Electric SUV Statistics
The most useful headline figures span global scale, regional adoption, affordability, vehicle characteristics, and company-reported examples:
- In 2024, global electric-car sales exceeded 17 million and surpassed 20% of worldwide car sales, covering battery-electric and plug-in hybrid cars.
- In 2025, large cars and SUVs accounted for almost 70% of the global EV market, using the IEA’s combined grouping.
- In 2025, more than 30% of battery-electric SUV sales were priced below the average ICE SUV, compared with less than 10% in 2021, worldwide.
- In 2025, China’s SUV electric adoption rate exceeded 55%, with electric defined according to the IEA source.
- In 2025, the average BEV price premium in China’s SUV segment fell to around 10%, down from around 20% in 2024.
- In 2025, the average battery-electric SUV price premium in the United States was under 25%.
- In 2025, 630 battery-electric car models were available globally, although the total was not SUV-specific.
- In 2025, the five best-selling BEV models captured about 20% of global BEV sales.
- In 2025, the Tesla Model Y represented nearly 8% of global BEV sales, a model-level figure rather than an SUV-segment denominator.
- In 2025, the average BEV driving range was almost 380 kilometers worldwide, not an SUV-only average.
- Between 2020 and 2025, sales-weighted average BEV range rose roughly 10% globally.
- In 2025, Europe’s electric-car model availability increased nearly 35%, while the measure covered all electric-car models.
- In 2025, more than 85% of U.S. electric models were large cars or SUVs, measured by model availability rather than sales.
- In U.S. model year 2024, BEVs represented 30% of car-SUV production and PHEVs another 3%.
- In U.S. model year 2024, BEVs and PHEVs together increased car-SUV fuel economy by 9.0 mpg, an EPA attribution estimate.
- In U.S. model year 2024, truck SUVs reached an estimated 25.7 mpg, up 1.0 mpg from model year 2023.
- Toyota reported 117,000 BEV sales worldwide in fiscal 2024, within 10.309 million total vehicle sales.
- Tesla delivered 471,930 combined Model 3/Y vehicles in the fourth quarter of 2024 worldwide.
- Volvo reported 2,358 EX30 electric SUV sales in Spain in 2024, about 20 times its 2023 sales.
Contents
- Global electric SUV sales scale and market share
- Electric SUV data by region and vehicle segment
- Electric SUV models, concentration and range
- Electric SUV prices, affordability and adoption trends
- U.S. electric SUV fuel economy and vehicle characteristics
- Electric SUV company and market examples
Global Electric SUV Sales Scale and Market Share
The broadest market measures are for electric cars rather than SUVs alone. They provide context for electric-SUV growth, but they should not be rewritten as SUV sales.
According to the Global EV Outlook 2025: Trends in electric car markets, global electric-car sales exceeded 17 million in 2024 and represented more than 20% of the global car market. The IEA’s electric-car figures generally include BEVs and PHEVs.
| Measure | Period | Geography | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Electric-car sales | 2024 | World | More than 17 million |
| Electric-car market share | 2024 | World | More than 20% |
| Electric-car sales growth | Q1 2025 | World | 35% year over year |
| Electric-car sales outlook | 2025 forecast | World | More than 20 million; over one-quarter of car sales |
| Electric-car sales outlook | 2030 forecast | World | More than 40% of car sales |
The 2025 and 2030 figures are forecasts or outlook estimates, not final observed outcomes. In the first quarter of 2025, electric-car sales nevertheless rose 35% year over year.
SUVs were almost half of all car sales globally in 2025, while large cars and SUVs together accounted for almost 70% of the global EV market. The comparable large-car/SUV grouping represented around 55% of the EV market in 2020, according to the Global EV Outlook 2026: Trends in electric cars.
Electric SUV Data by Region and Vehicle Segment
Regional electric-car adoption sets different starting points for electric SUVs. China led the supplied measures, while Europe and the United States show substantial model availability and large-vehicle demand.
- China sold more than 11 million electric cars in 2024, and electric cars accounted for almost half of all Chinese car sales.
- Electric-car sales in emerging markets in Asia and Latin America grew by more than 60% in 2024.
- Electric cars averaged one in four new-car sales in Europe during the first three months of 2025.
- The IEA expected electric cars to reach around 60% of China’s car sales in 2025, compared with 6% outside China, Europe, and the United States.
- Vietnam’s electric-car sales approached 35,000 in the first quarter of 2025.
- Southeast Asia’s electric-car sales more than doubled to over 100,000 between the first quarters of 2024 and 2025.
These regional figures cover electric cars broadly, not SUV-only sales. The source is the Global EV Outlook 2025: Trends in electric car markets, and the 2025 regional shares are forecasts where labeled above.
Model availability also differs by market. Europe’s electric-car model availability increased nearly 35% in 2025; Europe had 580 ICE models and nearly 100 hybrid models available that year.
The Global EV Outlook 2026: Trends in electric cars reports that large cars and SUVs made up almost three-quarters of Europe’s combined EV and conventional-vehicle model pool in 2025. More than 85% of U.S. electric models were large cars or SUVs, while large cars and SUVs represented over 80% of U.S. car sales.
Electric SUV Models, Concentration and Range
The worldwide model count shows expanding choice, while sales concentration shows that a relatively small group of models still captures a large share of demand. These measures are for BEVs across body types unless the model itself is identified as an SUV.
In 2025, 630 battery-electric car models were available globally. The five best-selling BEV models captured about 20% of global BEV sales, and the top 35 models captured around half.
| BEV model | Share of global BEV sales | Period and scope |
|---|---|---|
| Tesla Model Y | Nearly 8% | 2025, worldwide |
| Tesla Model 3 | 3.6% | 2025, worldwide |
| Geely Geome Xingyuan | 3.5% | 2025, worldwide |
| Wuling HongGuang Mini | 3.1% | 2025, worldwide |
| BYD Seagull | 3.0% | 2025, worldwide |
The Model Y is an electric SUV, but its nearly 8% figure uses global BEV sales as the denominator, not global SUV sales. The other model shares are also all-body-type BEV measures.
Average driving range was almost 380 kilometers for BEVs in 2025, and sales-weighted BEV range rose roughly 10% between 2020 and 2025. The range statistic is a global BEV average, not an SUV-only result, and test-cycle methodology applies.
Electric SUV Prices, Affordability and Adoption Trends
Price comparisons are segment averages and depend on the IEA’s matching and benchmark methodology. They show movement in affordability without proving that every electric SUV is cheaper than every comparable ICE vehicle.
China’s SUV segment had an electric adoption rate above 55% in 2025. The average BEV price premium in that segment fell to around 10% in 2025 from around 20% in 2024.
The global comparison also shifted:
| Measure | 2021 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BEV SUV sales below average ICE SUV price | Less than 10% | 20% | More than 30% |
| BEV sales below average ICE-equivalent price in China | About 15% | — | More than 30% |
The first row concerns battery-electric SUV sales worldwide, while the second concerns all BEV sales in China. Nearly 70% of BEVs sold in China were cheaper than their ICE equivalents before incentives in 2025.
In the United States, the 2025 average battery-electric SUV price premium was under 25%, nearly 5 percentage points lower than in 2024. These are average segment premiums rather than prices for a specific model or trim.
U.S. Electric SUV Fuel Economy and Vehicle Characteristics
The U.S. measures below use EPA and NHTSA categories. “Car SUV” and “truck SUV” are regulatory classifications, so they should not be treated as interchangeable with every consumer or market definition of SUV.
The Highlights of the Automotive Trends Report estimated average new-vehicle real-world fuel economy at a record 27.2 mpg in U.S. model year 2024. Fuel economy improved in 16 of the last 20 model years through MY2024 and was 41% higher than in MY2004.
| U.S. MY2024 measure | Result | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| Trucks among new vehicles | 66% | NHTSA regulatory classification |
| Cars among new vehicles | 34% | NHTSA regulatory classification |
| Truck SUVs’ production share | 50% | EPA/NHTSA category |
| Truck-SUV fuel economy | 25.7 mpg | EPA real-world estimate |
| BEVs among car-SUV production | 30% | EPA car-SUV category |
| PHEVs among car-SUV production | 3% | EPA car-SUV category |
| BEVs among truck-SUV production | 4% | EPA truck-SUV category |
| PHEVs among truck-SUV production | 4% | EPA truck-SUV category |
BEVs and PHEVs together increased car-SUV fuel economy by 9.0 mpg in MY2024, according to the EPA attribution estimate. For truck SUVs, the combined effect was a 1.0-mpg increase, while truck-SUV fuel economy itself rose 1.0 mpg from MY2023 to 25.7 mpg.
Without BEVs and PHEVs, EPA estimated that MY2024 average new-vehicle fuel economy would have been 1.7 mpg lower. The measure is an estimated real-world fleet result, not charging efficiency or a test result for one electric SUV.
The EPA report on fuel economy and CO2 emissions recorded 319 grams of real-world CO2 emissions per mile for U.S. new vehicles in MY2023. The combined BEV/PHEV/fuel-cell category rose from 6.7% of U.S. production in MY2022 to 11.5% in MY2023, and EPA projected 14.8% for MY2024.
Electric SUV Company and Market Examples
Manufacturer-reported figures add concrete model and company examples, but they are not a standardized global electric-SUV dataset. Toyota’s fiscal year, Tesla’s combined Model 3/Y reporting, and Volvo’s Spain-specific reporting should remain distinct.
Toyota reported 10.309 million global vehicle sales in fiscal 2024, including 117,000 BEVs. Its North American BEV sales were 22,000, equal to 0.8% of regional sales, while European BEV sales were 36,000, equal to 3.1% of regional sales.
Toyota’s bZ4X electric crossover/SUV sales in Europe totaled 22,000 units in fiscal 2024. The company’s figures are reported in the Integrated Report 2024, where series tables may be rounded to thousands.
Tesla delivered 471,930 combined Model 3/Y vehicles and produced 436,718 combined Model 3/Y vehicles in the fourth quarter of 2024 worldwide. Model Y is the SUV in that pair, but Tesla reported the two models together and cautioned that deliveries are only one performance measure; see Tesla Fourth Quarter 2024 Production, Deliveries & Deployments.
Volvo reported 2,358 EX30 electric SUV sales in Spain in 2024, about 20 times its 2023 sales. The EX30 held a 4.11% share of Spain’s fully electric-car market in 2024, according to Volvo breaks all its records in Spain, increasing sales by more than 25% in 2024; that share is for the full BEV market, not Spain’s SUV market.