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The electric car in Barcelona province · 2018

Barcelona registered 1,005 battery-electric cars in 2018, 0.7% of its market and #2 in Spain: month by month, brands and models.

Province · Cataluña · DGT data · full year 2018 · new BEV passenger cars.

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New vehicles · 2018

Registrations of new electric cars in Barcelona during 2018.

BEV 2018 (passenger cars) 1,005 #2 nationally by volume · +16.5% (+142) vs 2017
BEV market share 0.7% #3 nationally by share
% of the national total 16.2% of Spain’s BEV
Total market in the area 144,797 cars registered 2018

Barcelona vs Cataluña and Spain

BEV share of each area’s total market · 2018.

  1. Barcelona 0.7%
  2. Cataluña 0.6%
  3. Spain average 0.5%

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 · 2018.

  1. 1. Barcelona 1,0050.7%
    #1 by share
  2. 2. Girona 790.4%
    #2 by share
  3. 3. Tarragona 620.3%
    #3 by share
  4. 4. Lleida 240.3%
    #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 · 2018.

  1. 1. Nissan 34534.3%
    +45.6%(+108)
  2. 2. Smart 18118.0%
    +108.0%(+94)
  3. 3. Renault 13213.1%
    -3.6%(-5)
  4. 4. Tesla 13012.9%
    -23.5%(-40)
  5. 5. BMW 727.2%
    -49.3%(-70)
  6. 6. Hyundai 636.3%
    +44 units
  7. 7. Volkswagen 353.5%
    +2.9%(+1)
  8. 8. Kia 141.4%
    -5 units
  9. 9. Jaguar 121.2%
    New
  10. 10. Citroën 111.1%
    +10 units

Most-registered models in Barcelona

Top 10 by BEV registrations · 2018.

  1. 1. Nissan Leaf 299
    +46.6%(+95)
  2. 2. Renault Zoe 132
    -3.6%(-5)
  3. 3. Smart Forfour 103
    +81 units
  4. 4. Smart Fortwo 78
    +20.0%(+13)
  5. 5. BMW i3 72
    -49.3%(-70)
  6. 6. Tesla Model S 70
    -21.3%(-19)
  7. 7. Tesla Model X 60
    -25.9%(-21)
  8. 8. Nissan E Nv200 46
    +39.4%(+13)
  9. 9. Hyundai Kona 39
    New
  10. 10. Volkswagen E Golf 34
    +8 units

Used cars · 2018

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

413 transfers 19.3% of all electric resales in Spain Rank 2 of 49

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 22053.3%
    -2.7%(-6)
  2. 2. Renault 5513.3%
    +27.9%(+12)
  3. 3. Smart 4510.9%
    +34 units
  4. 4. Tesla 317.5%
    +2 units
  5. 5. BMW 204.8%
    -54.5%(-24)
  6. 6. Volkswagen 174.1%
    +14 units
  7. 7. Citroën 102.4%
    +8 units
  8. 8. Hyundai 51.2%
    +4 units
  9. 9. Kia 20.5%
    -4 units
  10. 10. Mercedes-Benz 20.5%
    -6 units

Most resold models in Barcelona

  1. 1. Nissan Leaf 176
    -5.4%(-10)
  2. 2. Renault Zoe 53
    +32.5%(+13)
  3. 3. Nissan E Nv200 44
    +10.0%(+4)
  4. 4. Smart Fortwo 31
    +21 units
  5. 5. BMW i3 20
    -54.5%(-24)
  6. 6. Tesla Model S 17
    +1 units
  7. 7. Smart Forfour 14
    New
  8. 8. Tesla Model X 14
    +1 units
  9. 9. Volkswagen E Golf 12
    +10 units
  10. 10. Hyundai Ioniq 5
    +4 units

Other provinces in Cataluña

By BEV registrations in 2018.

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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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