SALES of vehicles powered by fuel continued to slightly decline in the last 10 months as electric vehicles continued to surge, driven by strong hybrid sales. This is according to a joint report by the Chamber of Automotive Manufacturers Association of the Philippines, Inc. (Campi) and the Truck Manufacturers Association (TMA).
According to the Campi-TMA report, the auto industry sold 383,424 units of vehicles in the January to October 2025 period, a 0.2-percent decline from the 384,310 units sold in the 10-month period in 2024.
In a statement on Monday, the auto industry group said ‘Electrified vehicles surged, with 24,265 units sold year-to-date-9 percent of October’s market-driven by strong hybrid sales.’
In October 2025 alone, 40,014 units of traditional vehicles, or those powered by fuel, were sold. This is almost the same level as the volume in October 2024, when the auto industry sold 40,003 units.
However, the 40,014 units sold in October this year is 5.2 percent higher than the 38,029 vehicles sold in September 2025.
In terms of vehicle segments, the number of sold passenger cars continued to plummet, contracting by 23.2 percent, with this segment selling only 77,461 units compared to the 100,809 units sold in the ten-month period in 2024.
In the January to October 2025 period, passenger cars accounted for 20.20 percent share of the auto sales pie while commercial vehicles continued to dominate, cornering 79.80 percent of the cars sold in the 10-month period this year.
Under the commercial vehicle segment, Light Commercial Vehicles continued to occupy the larger chunk sales in the 10-month period with 305,963 units sold or 79.80 percent; followed by Asian Utility Vehicles with 70,544 units or 23.06 percent; Light-Duty Trucks and Buses with 5,753 units or 1.88 percent; Medium-Duty Trucks and Buses with 3,021 units sold or 0.99 percent, and Heavy-Duty Trucks and Buses with 825 units sold or 0.27 percent.
Across brands, Toyota Motor Philippines Corp. remained the dominant market player, selling 185,201 units of cars in the 10-month period or a share of 48.30 percent; followed by Mitsubishi Motors Philippines Corporation with 72,734 units sold (18.97- percent share); Ford Group Philippines with 18,631 cars sold (4.86 percent); Suzuki Philippines, Inc. with 18,295 cars sold (4.77 percent) and Nissan Philippines, Inc. with 18,125 units sold (4.73 percent).
The Campi-TMA sales report showed that 24,265 units of electric vehicles were sold from January to October 2025. This can be translated to 6.33 percent of the total auto sales pie.
Of total EVs sold in the 10-month period, 19,379 units are Hybrid Electric Vehicle (HEV); 3,941 units are Battery Electric Vehicle (BEV), and 945 are Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV).
Across Hybrid EV brands, Toyota led the sales with 14,794 units sold ; followed by Honda Cars Philippines Inc., with 1,527 units; KP Motors Corp., with 711 units.
As to the brands leading the sales of Battery EVs, Tesla Motors Philippines, Inc., led the pack with 2,165 units sold; followed by Nissan Philippines, Inc, with 832 units sold; Omoda and Jaecoo Motor Philippines, Inc. with 292 units sold.
For Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle, United Asia Automotive Group, Inc. (Chery) led with 501 units sold; followed by Changan Auto (IC Automotive) with 158 units sold; and SMC Asia Car Distributors Corp. (BMW) with 78 units sold.