EV registrations 2026

Electric car registrations in Spain

The pulse of the BEV passenger-car market in Spain: how many are registered, what market share they hold and where the transition is heading.

DGT data through 9 Oct 2026 · 2026 to date (1 Jan – 9 Oct) · Last full month: September 2026 · new BEV passenger cars

Registrations

Latest closed month · September 2026

The most recent month with complete DGT data.

BEV in September 17,649
BEV market share September 18.6%

Split by technology · September

Passenger-car registrations for the month, by technology. “Other” groups REEV, LPG, FCEV and gas.

BEV 17,649 · 18.6%
PHEV 14,125 · 14.9%
HEV 40,261 · 42.5%
ICE 18,902 · 20.0%
Other 3,724 · 3.9%

September, year by year

The same month in each year, so the comparison isn’t distorted by seasonality. On the right, the share of that month’s total market.

  1. 2026 17,64918.6%
  2. 2025 10,33212.1%
  3. 2024 6,3928.7%
  4. 2023 3,8466.1%
  5. 2022 3,3355.0%
  6. 2021 2,9195.0%
  7. 2020 2,0672.9%
  8. 2019 8031.0%
  9. 2018 4950.7%
  10. 2017 5450.6%

Top 10 brands · September

  1. 1. Tesla 3,736
    +24.7%(+741)
  2. 2. BYD 2,290
    +30.1%(+530)
  3. 3. Leapmotor 1,412
    +725.7%(+1,241)
  4. 4. Kia 1,041
    +63.9%(+406)
  5. 5. Mercedes-Benz 773
    +177.1%(+494)
  6. 6. Geely 754
    New
  7. 7. Renault 697
    +122.7%(+384)
  8. 8. Volkswagen 618
    +128.9%(+348)
  9. 9. Toyota 540
    +107.7%(+280)
  10. 10. BMW 487
    +50.8%(+164)

Change vs September 2025.

Top 10 models · September

  1. 1. Tesla Model 3 2,529
    +27.9%(+551)
  2. 2. Tesla Model Y 1,207
    +18.7%(+190)
  3. +32.1%(+161)
  4. 4. Kia EV3 558
    +5.5%(+29)
  5. New
  6. 6. Leapmotor B10 486
    +466 units
  7. 7. BYD ATTO 2 475
    +15.9%(+65)
  8. 8. Toyota C-HR+ 438
    New
  9. 9. Geely E5 383
    New
  10. 10. Geely E2 371
    New

Change vs September 2025.

2026 so far · 1 January – 9 October

The year-to-date total, at the cut-off date.

BEV year to date 2026 105,543
BEV market share YTD 2026 11.3%
Change vs the same period in 2025 +39.7% +29,984 units

Monthly volume and market share

BEV passenger cars registered each month; below each bar, its market share. The last month runs up to 9 Oct.

Technology mix · 2026

Passenger-car registrations by technology so far this year (up to 9 Oct). “Other” groups REEV, LPG, FCEV and gas.

BEV 105,543 · 11.3%
PHEV 114,857 · 12.3%
HEV 426,396 · 45.5%
ICE 253,101 · 27.0%
Other 36,381 · 3.9%

EV registrations at the same cut-off date, year by year

BEV passenger cars registered up to the 2026 cut-off date, compared across years. The bar is volume; on the right, the share of the total car market.

  1. 2026 current 105,54311.3%
  2. 2025 75,5598.6%
  3. 2024 40,1075.3%
  4. 2023 37,8435.3%
  5. 2022 21,9393.6%
  6. 2021 15,5062.3%
  7. 2020 10,3291.7%
  8. 2019 7,9330.8%
  9. 2018 3,6290.3%
  10. 2017 2,5800.3%
  11. 2016 1,1810.1%
  12. 2015 6350.1%

Like-for-like year to date (same cut-off date): comparable across years, unlike the annual totals above.

Top 10 brands · 2026 year to date

The full year so far.

  1. 1. BYD 14,500
    +42.5%(+4,322)
  2. 2. Tesla 13,489
    +9.1%(+1,127)
  3. 3. Kia 8,271
    +61.9%(+3,161)
  4. 4. Mercedes-Benz 5,673
    +71.3%(+2,361)
  5. 5. Leapmotor 4,889
    +283.5%(+3,614)
  6. 6. Renault 4,769
    +10.6%(+456)
  7. 7. Toyota 4,644
    +69.8%(+1,909)
  8. 8. BMW 3,929
    +15.8%(+537)
  9. 9. Volkswagen 3,919
    +81.9%(+1,764)
  10. 10. Citroën 3,369
    +3.7%(+119)

Change vs the same period in 2025.

Top 10 models · 2026 year to date

The full year so far.

  1. 1. Tesla Model 3 8,475
    +10.1%(+779)
  2. 2. Tesla Model Y 4,988
    +7.9%(+364)
  3. 3. BYD Dolphin Surf 4,399
    +113.0%(+2,334)
  4. 4. Kia EV3 3,973
    -7.9%(-341)
  5. 5. Toyota C-HR+ 3,428
    New
  6. 6. BYD ATTO 2 3,256
    +103.9%(+1,659)
  7. 7. Renault 5 2,614
    -20.9%(-690)
  8. 8. Deepal S05 2,576
    New
  9. 9. Citroën e-C3 2,452
    +12.9%(+281)
  10. 10. Leapmotor B10 2,394
    +2,367 units

Change vs the same period in 2025.

Where cars are registered · 2026

The split by region (autonomous community).

EV registrations by region · 2026

Darker = more. Switch between volume and market share; click a region to open it.

The regions with the most registrations · 2026

Top 10 regions by BEV volume (passenger cars). The bar is volume (relative to the leading region); on the right, the BEV share of that region’s total market.

  1. 1. Comunidad de Madrid 32,3938.0%
  2. 2. Cataluña 17,18815.4%
  3. 3. Comunidad Valenciana 11,93612.9%
  4. 4. Andalucía 10,57811.4%
  5. 5. Galicia 4,91018.6%
  6. 6. Canarias 3,97310.5%
  7. 7. País Vasco 3,60414.9%
  8. 8. Castilla-La Mancha 3,58916.0%
  9. 9. Illes Balears 3,25513.3%
  10. 10. Castilla y León 2,88613.1%
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Data: own compilation based on DGT vehicle registration microdata, published under a CC BY 4.0 licence. Methodology · Terms of use.

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