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The electric car in Barcelona province · 2020

Barcelona registered 2,536 battery-electric cars in 2020, 2.6% of its market and #2 in Spain: month by month, brands and models.

Province · Cataluña · DGT data · full year 2020 · new BEV passenger cars.

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New vehicles · 2020

Registrations of new electric cars in Barcelona during 2020.

BEV 2020 (passenger cars) 2,536 #2 nationally by volume · +23.3% (+479) vs 2019
BEV market share 2.6% #5 nationally by share
% of the national total 14.0% of Spain’s BEV
Total market in the area 97,710 cars registered 2020

Barcelona vs Cataluña and Spain

BEV share of each area’s total market · 2020.

  1. Barcelona 2.6%
  2. Cataluña 2.5%
  3. Spain average 2.1%

Barcelona is 0.1 pp above Cataluña and 0.5 pp above the Spain average.

Barcelona within Cataluña

#1 of 4 by BEV volume and #1 by share · 2020.

  1. 1. Barcelona 2,5362.6%
    #1 by share
  2. 2. Tarragona 2542.0%
    #3 by share
  3. 3. Girona 2391.9%
    #4 by share
  4. 4. Lleida 1322.1%
    #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 10 by BEV registrations · 2020.

  1. 1. Tesla 40716.0%
    -31.5%(-187)
  2. 2. Volkswagen 27510.8%
    +287.3%(+204)
  3. 3. Renault 2309.1%
    +82.5%(+104)
  4. 4. Nissan 2238.8%
    -58.8%(-318)
  5. 5. SEAT 1977.8%
    +556.7%(+167)
  6. 6. Hyundai 1937.6%
    0.0%(+0)
  7. 7. Peugeot 1927.6%
    +191 units
  8. 8. Smart 1736.8%
    -8.0%(-15)
  9. 9. Kia 1445.7%
    +152.6%(+87)
  10. 10. Audi 863.4%
    -8.5%(-8)

Most-registered models in Barcelona

Top 10 by BEV registrations · 2020.

  1. 1. Tesla Model 3 320
    -24.7%(-105)
  2. 2. Renault Zoe 225
    +78.6%(+99)
  3. 3. SEAT Mii 196
    +553.3%(+166)
  4. 4. Nissan Leaf 184
    -55.2%(-227)
  5. 5. Hyundai Kona 180
    +0.6%(+1)
  6. 6. Volkswagen ID.3 150
    +149 units
  7. 7. Kia Niro 130
    +150.0%(+78)
  8. 8. Peugeot e-208 123
    New
  9. 9. Smart Fortwo 91
    +8.3%(+7)
  10. 10. MINI Cooper 85
    New

Used cars · 2020

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

948 transfers 14.1% 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. Smart 18819.8%
    +19.7%(+31)
  2. 2. Nissan 17918.9%
    -11.8%(-24)
  3. 3. Renault 13414.1%
    +35.4%(+35)
  4. 4. BMW 909.5%
    +52.5%(+31)
  5. 5. Tesla 737.7%
    -11.0%(-9)
  6. 6. Volkswagen 606.3%
    +81.8%(+27)
  7. 7. Hyundai 505.3%
    +27 units
  8. 8. Peugeot 434.5%
    +35 units
  9. 9. Audi 353.7%
    New
  10. 10. Kia 283.0%
    +8 units

Most resold models in Barcelona

  1. 1. Nissan Leaf 158
    -14.6%(-27)
  2. 2. Renault Zoe 128
    +30.6%(+30)
  3. 3. Smart Fortwo 112
    +6.7%(+7)
  4. 4. BMW i3 88
    +49.2%(+29)
  5. 5. Smart Forfour 76
    +49.0%(+25)
  6. 6. Volkswagen E Golf 47
    +46.9%(+15)
  7. 7. Hyundai Kona 43
    +30 units
  8. 8. Audi E Tron 35
    New
  9. 9. Tesla Model S 32
    -34.7%(-17)
  10. 10. Nissan E Nv200 21
    +3 units

Other provinces in Cataluña

By BEV registrations in 2020.

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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.
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