Top 5 countries by EV motor power deployed in 2025

From January through June 2025, the total traction motor power rolled onto global roads in newly sold passenger EVs, including plug-in and traditional hybrids, totaled 2,077 GW, a 28% rise compared to the same period in 2024.   

Way out front, China deployed 1,155 GW of motor power onto roads globally, outpacing overall worldwide growth with an eye-catching 37% year-on-year jump. 

China increased its already substantial share of the world’s motor power deployed from under 52% in the first half of 2024 to 56% this year.

Motor power deployment was running slightly ahead of new EV registrations in the country, thanks to an uptick in sales weighted average motor power to 180.7 kW over the period as a result of a sales mix that favoured BEVs and PHEVs over HEVs.

So far in 2025, plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) had an average peak power of 193.6 kW this year, surpassing battery electric vehicles (BEVs) at 180.3 kW. Hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs) averaged a lower 82.7 kW.

Globally, PHEVs have been growing at a faster clip than other types of EVs, making up 26% of sales compared to BEVs at 46% and HEVs at 28% during the first half of 2025.

By comparison, in China, minimally electrified HEVs have only captured 7% of the country’s electric vehicle market by units shipped, versus PHEVs at 38% and BEVs 55%, which helps explain why in the world’s number one EV country, average motor power is substantially higher than in other top markets.

US motor power deployed in electrified vehicles sold during H1 2025 totaled 278.8 GW, a tepid 6% year-on-year expansion affording the world’s second largest car market a global share of 13%, down from 16% in 2024. EVs of all types sold in the US had a SWA of 162.9 kW, down significantly from the 178.3 kW recorded during H1 2024.

The UK ranked third globally with 69.6 GW of traction motor power deployed in new EVs, a 33% increase year-over-year, slightly ahead of Germany at 69.0 GW, up 34%. Japan fell to fifth place with 65.2 GW, a 6% decline from last year.

Japan is something of an anomaly – nine out of ten electrified vehicles sold in the country were traditional hybrids, which opened a massive gap to other markets in terms of motor power in the average EV. 

British and German drivers could call on 141.2 kW and 143.0 kW of onboard power, but in Japan, the average was just 89 kW, and that is down from 94 kW in 2024.  

Globally, so far this year, permanent magnet motors represented nearly 91% of motor power deployed, induction 6% and electrically excited synchronous motors 3%. 

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