Mercedes-Benz Group sold 547,100 cars and vans in the second quarter (Q2) of 2025, while Mercedes-Benz Vans sold 93,400 units in the second quarter.
This included a 32% year-on-year rise in eVans, reflecting customer demand for fully electric vans.
Sagree Sardien, head of sales and marketing at Mercedes-Benz Vans, said: “The Mercedes-Benz Vans result for Q2 2025 shows a positive development of 13% relative to Q1 2025.
“The growth on the quarter is driven by an increased momentum in both private and commercial vans.
“We are encouraged to see the intensification of our efforts to deliver a premium customer experience and electrification of the portfolio, translated into a 7% growth for private vans and 42% for eVans in the first half of the year.”
Due to increased demand, deliveries to customers rose 18% on the quarter.
Overall retail sales momentum remains influenced by a highly competitive market environment.
Second quarter sales of eVans, which increased by 32% year-on-year, leading eVans to account for 7% of overall sales, and to total 10% of Europe sales.
A further customer highlight was that Mercedes-Benz Vans concluded the largest single order of eVans, with 5,000 electric vans to be delivered to the Amazon’s transportation network within the coming months.
In the first half of the year, commercial segment sales amounted to 82% of total sales, thus demonstrating the continued high relevance of commercial vans.
Private vans represented 18% of overall sales.
Beginning of next year, Mercedes-Benz Vans intends to expand its model portfolio within the private van segment with the VLE, which lately successfully underwent long-range testing traveling almost 1,100 kilometres from Stuttgart to Rome with only two charging stops of 15 minutes each.
