The electric car in Spain in 2017
The 2017 electric passenger-car year: volume, market share, who led and where.
DGT data to 25 Aug 2026 · new BEV passenger cars.
The year in the market
Passenger cars, all powertrains · DGT data.
| Category | 2017 | 2016 | % chg. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Electrification | |||
| BEV electric | 4,027 | 2,031 | +98.3% |
| REEV | 188 | 130 | +44.6% |
| PHEV | 2,905 | 1,111 | +161.5% |
| HEV | 55,380 | 30,144 | +83.7% |
| Combustion | 1,195,661 | 1,130,014 | +5.8% |
| Other | 6,236 | 2,833 | +120.1% |
| Total | 1,264,397 | 1,166,263 | +8.4% |
| Fuel | |||
| Petrol | 631,505 | 494,376 | +27.7% |
| Diesel | 619,844 | 665,780 | -6.9% |
| Electric | 4,215 | 2,161 | +95.0% |
| Gas and other | 8,833 | 3,946 | +123.8% |
| Total | 1,264,397 | 1,166,263 | +8.4% |
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).
Company and private buyers don’t register the same cars. Full analysis of who registers →
Top 13 brands · 2017
Top 20 models · 2017
- 1. Renault Zoe ▲2 1,32733.0%
- 2. Nissan Leaf = 53013.2%
- 3. BMW i3 ▲1 49512.3%
- 4. Smart Fortwo ▲1 41810.4%
- 5. Tesla Model S ▲3 2255.6%
- 6. Tesla Model X ▲7 1634.0%
- 7. Citroën C Zero ▼6 1604.0%
- 8. Volkswagen E Golf ▲3 1513.7%
- 9. Smart Forfour New 1132.8%
- 10. Nissan E Nv200 ▼4 1032.6%
- 11. Hyundai Ioniq New 1012.5%
- 12. Kia Soul ▼5 972.4%
- 13. Peugeot E Partner New 340.8%
- 14. Peugeot Ion ▼4 290.7%
- 15. Citroën e-Berlingo New 230.6%
- 16. Volkswagen E Up ▼2 210.5%
- 17. Mercedes-Benz B ▼5 130.3%
- 18. Citroën E Mehari ▼9 120.3%
- 19. Mii ▼1 110.3%
- 20. Ford Focus New 10.0%
Map by province · 2017
Darker = more BEV registrations that year.
Keep exploring
More views of electric car registrations in Spain.
Overview
The key figures for electric cars in Spain, with the monthly and year-to-date summary.
02Market
The total passenger-car market by technology: market share, trend and transition.
03DGT activity
The latest registrations, updated daily, straight from DGT data.
06Used cars
Used electric cars: domestic resale in Spain and used imports.
07Groups
The industry: the carmaking groups and the rise of Chinese brands.
08Brands
Every brand ranked by BEV registrations: ranking, market share and detail page.
09Regions
Electric car registrations by region and province.
10Technical data
Range, power and consumption of the cars actually registered, per DGT/ITV records.
11Historical
The full electric car time series and the yearbook by year and month.