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The electric car in Spain in 2015

The 2015 electric passenger-car year: volume, market share, who led and where.

DGT data · full year 2015 · new BEV passenger cars

Year History 2026 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
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Month · 2015 December November October September August July June May April March February January
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Jun May Apr Mar Feb Jan
New BEV 2015 1,157
BEV market share 0.1% of the total market
Leading brand Smart 388 BEV
Leading model Smart Fortwo 388 BEV
Leading province Madrid 596 BEV

The year in the market

Passenger cars, all powertrains · DGT data.

New passenger-car mix in 2015

98.8%
  • BEV 0.1%
  • PHEV 0.1%
  • HEV 0.7%
  • Combustion 98.8%
  • Other 0.3%
Category 20152014Chg.
Electrification
BEV electric 1,157——
REEV 47——
PHEV 597——
HEV 7,702——
Combustion 1,034,248——
Other 3,051——
Total 1,046,802——
Fuel
Petrol 384,668——
Diesel 657,197——
Electric 1,204——
Gas and other 3,733——
Total 1,046,802——

Two readings of the same total: by category (electrification) and by fuel (powertrain). Each grouping adds up to the period total; they cannot be added to each other (a hybrid counts as petrol by powertrain).

Registered to

Companies and private owners don’t register the same cars. Full analysis of who registers →

The 13 most registered brands · 2015

  1. 1. Smart 38833.5%
  2. 2. Renault 31327.1%
  3. 3. Nissan 24921.5%
  4. 4. Kia 897.7%
  5. 5. BMW 524.5%
  6. 6. Volkswagen 252.2%
  7. 7. Mercedes-Benz 141.2%
  8. 8. Tesla 131.1%
  9. 9. Citroën 70.6%
  10. 10. Peugeot 30.3%
  11. 11. BYD 20.2%
  12. 12. Ford 10.1%
  13. 13. Mitsubishi Motors 10.1%

The 15 most registered models · 2015

  1. 1. Smart Fortwo 38833.5%
  2. 2. Renault Zoe 31327.1%
  3. 3. Nissan Leaf 20217.5%
  4. 4. Kia Soul 897.7%
  5. 5. BMW i3 524.5%
  6. 6. Nissan E Nv200 474.1%
  7. 7. Mercedes-Benz B 141.2%
  8. 8. Volkswagen E Golf 141.2%
  9. 9. Tesla Model S 131.1%
  10. 10. Volkswagen E Up 111.0%
  11. 11. Citroën C Zero 70.6%
  12. 12. Peugeot Ion 30.3%
  13. 13. BYD E6 20.2%
  14. 14. Ford Focus 10.1%
  15. 15. Mitsubishi Motors I Miev 10.1%

Map by province · 2015

Darker = more BEV registrations that year.

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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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