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The electric car in Barcelona province · 2017

Barcelona registered 863 battery-electric cars in 2017, 0.6% of its market and #2 in Spain: month by month, brands and models.

Province · Cataluña · DGT data · full year 2017 · new BEV passenger cars.

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New vehicles · 2017

Registrations of new electric cars in Barcelona during 2017.

BEV 2017 (passenger cars) 863 #2 nationally by volume · +96.6% (+424) vs 2016
BEV market share 0.6% #1 nationally by share
% of the national total 21.4% of Spain’s BEV
Total market in the area 151,029 cars registered 2017

Barcelona vs Cataluña and Spain

BEV share of each area’s total market · 2017.

  1. Barcelona 0.6%
  2. Cataluña 0.5%
  3. Spain average 0.3%

Barcelona is 0.1 pp above Cataluña and 0.2 pp above the Spain average.

Barcelona within Cataluña

#1 of 4 by BEV volume and #1 by share · 2017.

  1. 1. Barcelona 8630.6%
    #1 by share
  2. 2. Tarragona 390.2%
    #2 by share
  3. 3. Girona 300.2%
    #3 by share
  4. 4. Lleida 100.1%
    #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 10 by BEV registrations · 2017.

  1. 1. Nissan 23727.5%
    -5.2%(-13)
  2. 2. Tesla 17019.7%
    +161 units
  3. 3. BMW 14216.5%
    +305.7%(+107)
  4. 4. Renault 13715.9%
    +47.3%(+44)
  5. 5. Smart 8710.1%
    New
  6. 6. Volkswagen 343.9%
    +24 units
  7. 7. Hyundai 192.2%
    New
  8. 8. Kia 192.2%
    -5 units
  9. 9. SEAT 111.3%
    +10 units
  10. 10. Peugeot 50.6%
    New

Most-registered models in Barcelona

Top 10 by BEV registrations · 2017.

  1. 1. Nissan Leaf 204
    +9.7%(+18)
  2. 2. BMW i3 142
    +305.7%(+107)
  3. 3. Renault Zoe 137
    +47.3%(+44)
  4. 4. Tesla Model S 89
    +82 units
  5. 5. Tesla Model X 81
    +79 units
  6. 6. Smart Fortwo 65
    New
  7. 7. Nissan E Nv200 33
    -48.4%(-31)
  8. 8. Volkswagen E Golf 26
    +21 units
  9. 9. Smart Forfour 22
    New
  10. 10. Hyundai Ioniq 19
    New

Used cars · 2017

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

384 transfers 25.9% of all electric resales in Spain Rank 2 of 41

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 22658.9%
    +60.3%(+85)
  2. 2. BMW 4411.5%
    +36 units
  3. 3. Renault 4311.2%
    +26.5%(+9)
  4. 4. Tesla 297.6%
    +26 units
  5. 5. Smart 112.9%
    +0 units
  6. 6. Peugeot 92.3%
    -7 units
  7. 7. Mercedes-Benz 82.1%
    +3 units
  8. 8. Kia 61.6%
    +0 units
  9. 9. Volkswagen 30.8%
    -2 units
  10. 10. Citroën 20.5%
    -10 units

Most resold models in Barcelona

  1. 1. Nissan Leaf 186
    +66.1%(+74)
  2. 2. BMW i3 44
    +36 units
  3. 3. Nissan E Nv200 40
    +11 units
  4. 4. Renault Zoe 40
    +16 units
  5. 5. Tesla Model S 16
    +13 units
  6. 6. Tesla Model X 13
    New
  7. 7. Smart Fortwo 10
    +0 units
  8. 8. Mercedes-Benz B 8
    +3 units
  9. 9. Kia Soul 6
    +0 units
  10. 10. Peugeot Ion 6
    -3 units

Other provinces in Cataluña

By BEV registrations in 2017.

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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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