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The electric car in Barcelona province · 2019

Barcelona registered 2,057 battery-electric cars in 2019, 1.5% of its market and #2 in Spain: month by month, brands and models.

Province · Cataluña · DGT data · full year 2019 · new BEV passenger cars.

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New vehicles · 2019

Registrations of new electric cars in Barcelona during 2019.

BEV 2019 (passenger cars) 2,057 #2 nationally by volume · +104.7% (+1,052) vs 2018
BEV market share 1.5% #1 nationally by share
% of the national total 19.9% of Spain’s BEV
Total market in the area 137,302 cars registered 2019

Barcelona vs Cataluña and Spain

BEV share of each area’s total market · 2019.

  1. Barcelona 1.5%
  2. Cataluña 1.3%
  3. Spain average 0.8%

Barcelona is 0.2 pp above Cataluña and 0.7 pp above the Spain average.

Barcelona within Cataluña

#1 of 4 by BEV volume and #1 by share · 2019.

  1. 1. Barcelona 2,0571.5%
    #1 by share
  2. 2. Tarragona 1410.8%
    #3 by share
  3. 3. Girona 1350.7%
    #4 by share
  4. 4. Lleida 790.9%
    #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 10 by BEV registrations · 2019.

  1. 1. Tesla 59428.9%
    +356.9%(+464)
  2. 2. Nissan 54126.3%
    +56.8%(+196)
  3. 3. Hyundai 1939.4%
    +206.3%(+130)
  4. 4. Smart 1889.1%
    +3.9%(+7)
  5. 5. BMW 1356.6%
    +87.5%(+63)
  6. 6. Renault 1266.1%
    -4.5%(-6)
  7. 7. Audi 944.6%
    New
  8. 8. Volkswagen 713.5%
    +102.9%(+36)
  9. 9. Kia 572.8%
    +43 units
  10. 10. SEAT 301.5%
    New

Most-registered models in Barcelona

Top 10 by BEV registrations · 2019.

  1. 1. Tesla Model 3 425
    New
  2. 2. Nissan Leaf 411
    +37.5%(+112)
  3. 3. Hyundai Kona 179
    +359.0%(+140)
  4. 4. BMW i3 135
    +87.5%(+63)
  5. 5. Nissan E Nv200 130
    +182.6%(+84)
  6. 6. Renault Zoe 126
    -4.5%(-6)
  7. 7. Smart Forfour 104
    +1.0%(+1)
  8. 8. Audi E Tron 94
    New
  9. 9. Tesla Model X 88
    +46.7%(+28)
  10. 10. Smart Fortwo 84
    +7.7%(+6)

Used cars · 2019

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

709 transfers 17.3% of all electric resales in Spain Rank 2 of 51

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 20328.6%
    -7.7%(-17)
  2. 2. Smart 15722.1%
    +248.9%(+112)
  3. 3. Renault 9914.0%
    +80.0%(+44)
  4. 4. Tesla 8211.6%
    +164.5%(+51)
  5. 5. BMW 598.3%
    +39 units
  6. 6. Volkswagen 334.7%
    +16 units
  7. 7. Hyundai 233.2%
    +18 units
  8. 8. Kia 202.8%
    +18 units
  9. 9. Citroën 81.1%
    -2 units
  10. 10. Peugeot 81.1%
    +6 units

Most resold models in Barcelona

  1. 1. Nissan Leaf 185
    +5.1%(+9)
  2. 2. Smart Fortwo 105
    +238.7%(+74)
  3. 3. Renault Zoe 98
    +84.9%(+45)
  4. 4. BMW i3 59
    +39 units
  5. 5. Smart Forfour 51
    +37 units
  6. 6. Tesla Model S 49
    +32 units
  7. 7. Volkswagen E Golf 32
    +20 units
  8. 8. Nissan E Nv200 18
    -59.1%(-26)
  9. 9. Tesla Model X 17
    +3 units
  10. 10. Tesla Model 3 14
    New

Other provinces in Cataluña

By BEV registrations in 2019.

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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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  • Market The total passenger-car market by technology: market share, trend and transition.
  • DGT activity The latest registrations, updated daily, straight from DGT data.
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