The electric car in Barcelona province · 2015

Barcelona registered 198 battery-electric cars in 2015, 0.1% of its market and #2 in Spain: month by month, brands and models.

Province · Cataluña · DGT data · full year 2015 · new BEV passenger cars.

New vehicles · 2015

Registrations of new electric cars in Barcelona during 2015.

BEV 2015 (passenger cars) 198 #2 nationally by volume
BEV market share 0.1% #2 nationally by share
% of the national total 17.1% of Spain’s BEV
Total market in the area 150,973 cars registered 2015

Barcelona vs Cataluña and Spain

BEV share of each area’s total market · 2015.

  1. Barcelona 0.1%
  2. Cataluña 0.1%

Barcelona is level with Cataluña and level with the Spain average.

Barcelona within Cataluña

#1 of 4 by BEV volume and #1 by share · 2015.

  1. 1. Barcelona 1980.1%
    #1 by share
  2. 2. Girona 100.1%
    #3 by share
  3. 3. Tarragona 90.1%
    #4 by share
  4. 4. Lleida 50.1%
    #2 by share

The bar is BEV volume; the second figure, the share of each province’s market.

Monthly trend in Barcelona

BEV registered per month in Barcelona.

Most-registered brands in Barcelona

Top 8 by BEV registrations · 2015.

  1. 1. Nissan 10653.5%
  2. 2. Renault 5527.8%
  3. 3. Kia 147.1%
  4. 4. BMW 73.5%
  5. 5. Volkswagen 73.5%
  6. 6. Smart 42.0%
  7. 7. Mercedes-Benz 31.5%
  8. 8. Tesla 21.0%

Most-registered models in Barcelona

Top 10 by BEV registrations · 2015.

Used cars · 2015

Transfers of electric cars already registered in Spain that change hands in Barcelona. A different figure, with a different cut-off date.

127 transfers 17.5% of all electric resales in Spain Rank 2 of 43

Transfers of an electric car already registered in Spain, as of 25 Sep 2026. This is a different figure from the new registrations elsewhere on this page.

Most resold brands in Barcelona

  1. 1. Nissan 5442.5%
  2. 2. Renault 2519.7%
  3. 3. Peugeot 2318.1%
  4. 4. Citroën 97.1%
  5. 5. BYD 43.1%
  6. 6. Smart 43.1%
  7. 7. BMW 32.4%
  8. 8. Fiat 10.8%
  9. 9. Micro Vett 10.8%
  10. 10. Tesla 10.8%

Most resold models in Barcelona

Other provinces in Cataluña

By BEV registrations in 2015.

Data: own compilation based on DGT vehicle registration microdata, published under a CC BY 4.0 licence. Methodology · Terms of use.

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.
  • Market The total passenger-car market by technology: market share, trend and transition.
  • DGT activity The latest registrations, updated daily, straight from DGT data.
  • Use Private, company and fleet registrations of new electric cars, with leasing, rental and taxi.
  • PHEV Plug-in hybrids by user type: private, company and fleets, with leasing, rental and taxi.
  • Used cars Used electric cars: resales in Spain and used imports.
  • Groups The industry: the carmaking groups and the rise of Chinese brands.
  • Brands Every brand ranked by BEV registrations: ranking, market share and detail page.
  • Regions Electric car registrations by region and province.
  • Technical data Range, power and consumption of the cars actually registered, per DGT/ITV records.
  • Historical The full electric car time series and the yearbook by year and month.
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