Shanghai (Gasgoo)- On Jan 4, Gasgoo learned from data shared with industry media by Cui Dongshu, secretary-general of the China Passenger Car Association (CPCA), that China exported 17,099 vehicles to Venezuela during January–November 2025 — a 130% jump.
Of those, passenger-vehicle exports totaled 10,201 units, up 166%; truck exports were 1,481, up 99%.
In a post on Jan 2, Cui said global auto sales reached 87.66 million units in January–November 2025, with new-energy vehicles (NEVs) at 20.33 million. Broadly defined NEVs accounted for 30% of global auto sales — 3.7 percentage points higher than the full-year 2024 level.
From January to November 2025, NEVs took a 23.2% share; pure EVs made up 15.3% and plug-in hybrids 7.9% — a strong showing for electrified models.
In the US, NEV sales rose 6% to 1.41 million units in January–November — a comparatively solid pace versus recent years. Yet November came under pressure: amid higher tariffs and the removal of subsidies that pushed up prices, NEV sales fell to 78,000, down 41% year on year and 10% from October.
Across Europe, new-energy passenger-car sales reached 3.32 million in January–November, an increase of 760,000 from a year earlier — up 30%. Preliminary counts put November at 338,000, up 28% year on year.
China's share of global NE passenger-car sales stood at 68.4% in 2025; in November alone, that share climbed to 73.7%. In terms of contribution to global NEV volume growth for January–November, China accounted for 68% of the net increase, with Germany at 5% and India at 4%.
China captured 64.3% of the global battery-electric market in January–November 2025 — up 1 percentage point from 2024. Its share of the global plug-in hybrid market hit an exceptionally high 76.4%, underscoring China's outsized strength in PHEVs.
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In November 2025, Chinese-branded NE passenger cars took a 20% share in overseas markets, up 1.3 percentage points from October. With exports holding up and the US market swinging sharply, their overseas sales share has risen markedly — from 9.9% in 2024 to 15.4% for January–November this year.
