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The electric car in Barcelona province · 2016

Barcelona registered 439 battery-electric cars in 2016, 0.3% of its market and #2 in Spain: month by month, brands and models.

Province · Cataluña · DGT data · full year 2016 · new BEV passenger cars.

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New vehicles · 2016

Registrations of new electric cars in Barcelona during 2016.

BEV 2016 (passenger cars) 439 #2 nationally by volume · +121.7% (+241) vs 2015
BEV market share 0.3% #2 nationally by share
% of the national total 21.6% of Spain’s BEV
Total market in the area 139,795 cars registered 2016

Barcelona vs Cataluña and Spain

BEV share of each area’s total market · 2016.

  1. Barcelona 0.3%
  2. Cataluña 0.3%
  3. Spain average 0.2%

Barcelona is 0.1 pp above Cataluña and 0.1 pp above the Spain average.

Barcelona within Cataluña

#1 of 4 by BEV volume and #1 by share · 2016.

  1. 1. Barcelona 4390.3%
    #1 by share
  2. 2. Tarragona 190.1%
    #2 by share
  3. 3. Girona 170.1%
    #3 by share
  4. 4. Lleida 50.1%
    #4 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 9 by BEV registrations · 2016.

  1. 1. Nissan 25056.9%
    +135.8%(+144)
  2. 2. Renault 9321.2%
    +69.1%(+38)
  3. 3. BMW 358.0%
    +28 units
  4. 4. Kia 245.5%
    +10 units
  5. 5. Citroën 133.0%
    New
  6. 6. Volkswagen 102.3%
    +3 units
  7. 7. Tesla 92.1%
    +7 units
  8. 8. Mercedes-Benz 40.9%
    +1 units
  9. 9. SEAT 10.2%
    New

Most-registered models in Barcelona

Top 10 by BEV registrations · 2016.

  1. 1. Nissan Leaf 186
    +169.6%(+117)
  2. 2. Renault Zoe 93
    +69.1%(+38)
  3. 3. Nissan E Nv200 64
    +73.0%(+27)
  4. 4. BMW i3 35
    +28 units
  5. 5. Kia Soul 24
    +10 units
  6. 6. Citroën C Zero 12
    New
  7. 7. Tesla Model S 7
    +5 units
  8. 8. Volkswagen E Golf 5
    +3 units
  9. 9. Volkswagen E Up 5
    +0 units
  10. 10. Mercedes-Benz B 4
    +1 units

Used cars · 2016

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

259 transfers 24.9% of all electric resales in Spain Rank 1 of 45

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 14154.4%
    +161.1%(+87)
  2. 2. Renault 3413.1%
    +9 units
  3. 3. Peugeot 166.2%
    -7 units
  4. 4. Citroën 124.6%
    +3 units
  5. 5. Micro Vett 124.6%
    +11 units
  6. 6. Smart 114.2%
    +7 units
  7. 7. BMW 83.1%
    +5 units
  8. 8. Kia 62.3%
    New
  9. 9. Mercedes-Benz 51.9%
    New
  10. 10. Volkswagen 51.9%
    +4 units

Most resold models in Barcelona

  1. 1. Nissan Leaf 112
    +107.4%(+58)
  2. 2. Nissan E Nv200 29
    New
  3. 3. Renault Zoe 24
    +7 units
  4. 4. Smart Fortwo 10
    +6 units
  5. 5. Peugeot Ion 9
    -10 units
  6. 6. BMW i3 8
    +5 units
  7. 7. Kia Soul 6
    New
  8. 8. Mercedes-Benz B 5
    New
  9. 9. Citroën C Zero 3
    +1 units
  10. 10. Tesla Model S 3
    +2 units

Other provinces in Cataluña

By BEV registrations in 2016.

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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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