Before we get too excited. ....the 2025 numbers published on the 'How Many Left' website are half year only. ie if you look now the data is for sales until the end of July 2025
So taking Hyundai Ionic 5 numbers from Geoff Buys Car's video (published nov 2025) we have
2025 2024. 2023. 2023. 2022.
1670. 4368. 5017. 5782. 2203
Taking a fresh data load from 'How Many Left' (this morning) then you have
2025 (half year) 2024. 2023. 2023. 2022.
2643 4318. 5021. 5799. 2242
Note that the 2643 from today's data for 2025 is quite different from Geoff's data for 2025 (1670). All the other numbers approx match up which maybe explained by rounding. 'How Many Left' rounds up on their main search results but you can get the exact number by hovering your mouse over the number. I used the exact number.
If you make a broad assumption that a full year figures are double a half years figures then you would have
2025 (full year) 2024. 2023. 2023. 2022.
5283 4318. 5021. 5799. 2242
Which seems to show that Ioniq 5 sales in 2025 are in pretty rude health.
Possibly one of us has an error in the spreadsheet - I have checked mine several time to try and avoid making an idiot of myself (always possible). I'm happy to be proved wrong.
I haven't done this for all cars - life's too short - but I thought the Ioniq 5 would be representative as they are fairly common. I can't use the BMX IX figures in his video as a comparison as he has not been specific about model IX he is referring to, but you can see his Ioniq 5 numbers in the background.
The basic assumption he (Geoff) made was that the 2025 figures were full year but they are only half year which explains why thinks that the sales figures are 'falling off a cliff'. As his 2025 numbers are also really low he might have been using Q1 data - who knows.
I'm not pro or anti EV. My daily driver is a plug in hybrid and it works very well for me. My fun cars have always had 6 cylinders or more and I hope it stays that way. Totally agree that the government have made a mess of the compulsory requirement by 2030 and the taxation changes that have been announced latterly.
Sorry, I'm a bit OCD about data.