Colombia, Brazil and Mexico led the sales of sustainable vehicles in Latin America between January and February. In a recent aconauto report it is evident that these countries in the region have had a growing adoption of less polluting technologies, such as electric mobility.
Colombia is the country in the region with more sales in electrified vehicles between January and February of This year, with 28.9% of its domestic market, which demonstrates a greater adoption than in other countries; Brazil is followed, with 9.2%; Mexico (8.6%), Chile (7.6%); Argentina shows the least participation, with 3.5%, indicating that its electrified vehicles has a smaller bet in production. It is important to highlight that the measurement of the Argentine market was made based on the figures of January and December last year.
Aconauty, Based on RUNT numbers of the first bimester, he showed that almost a third of the vehicles sold in Colombia are sustainablewhich is triple the regional figure (9.8%).
In terms of sale of units, Brazil is leading, as they were sold in the first bimester around 32,732 units in the first two months of 2025; It had a growth of 45.7% compared to the previous year. Mexico occupied second place in sales with a record of 21,131 units sold, increasing 32.2%. Colombia completes the regional top 3: had the highest percentage growth with 54.2 % and reached 9,097 units.
“This figure in the local market is supported by the robust growth of the cars of Full hybrid technology and light hybrid (HEV and MHEV), followed by 100% electric (BEV) and connectable hybrid, ”said Aconauto.
Latin America market
It was also found that The general automotive market of the region had a growth in terms of figuresbecause a positive variation was reported in the first two -month period (12.8%). In the first two months of this year, The market that had the highest growth was that of Argentina and the one that decreased the most was that of Ecuador, since these nations reported 89.9% and -10.2%, respectively.
Regional market sales showed that Brazil, Mexico and Argentina are the three dominant countries in Latin America. The first had sales of 365,000 units in the first two months, while Mexico and Argentina achieved vehicle acquisitions which were counted in 245,289 and 11,906 units, respectively. The Top Five is completed by Chile and Peru, with 49,534 and 33,958 cars.
Colombia is in sixth place with 31,513 sales, followed by Ecuador and Costa Ricawith 11,648 and 10,131 vehicles. The Latin American ranking is completed by Uruguay (10,131); Paraguay (6,546); Venezuela (3,383) “There are six other countries (Chile, Peru, Colombia, Ecuador, Costa Rica and Uruguay) that gather less than a fifth of the total, given their participations of just a digit,” said Aconauto.
Colombia still has a lag, according to the guild, in terms of vehicles sold per 1,000 inhabitants, Because of the macroeconomic environment that is going through. The economy and the sale of automobile units has been impacted by high credit rates, the accumulated devaluation of the Colombian weight of recent years and the state state policy of motorization. A public policy issuance is proposed to alleviate the problem.
