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The electric car in Barcelona province · 2021

Barcelona registered 3,266 battery-electric cars in 2021, 3.8% of its market and #2 in Spain: month by month, brands and models.

Province · Cataluña · DGT data · full year 2021 · new BEV passenger cars.

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New vehicles · 2021

Registrations of new electric cars in Barcelona during 2021.

BEV 2021 (passenger cars) 3,266 #2 nationally by volume · +28.8% (+730) vs 2020
BEV market share 3.8% #5 nationally by share
% of the national total 13.5% of Spain’s BEV
Total market in the area 85,258 cars registered 2021

Barcelona vs Cataluña and Spain

BEV share of each area’s total market · 2021.

  1. Barcelona 3.8%
  2. Cataluña 3.7%
  3. Spain average 2.8%

Barcelona is 0.1 pp above Cataluña and 1.0 pp above the Spain average.

Barcelona within Cataluña

#1 of 4 by BEV volume and #1 by share · 2021.

  1. 1. Barcelona 3,2663.8%
    #1 by share
  2. 2. Girona 3743.5%
    #3 by share
  3. 3. Tarragona 3453.1%
    #4 by share
  4. 4. Lleida 2063.8%
    #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 · 2021.

  1. 1. Tesla 74422.8%
    +82.8%(+337)
  2. 2. Volkswagen 2979.1%
    +8.0%(+22)
  3. 3. Kia 2638.1%
    +82.6%(+119)
  4. 4. CUPRA 2557.8%
    +250 units
  5. 5. Nissan 1885.8%
    -15.7%(-35)
  6. 6. Hyundai 1534.7%
    -20.7%(-40)
  7. 7. Peugeot 1293.9%
    -32.8%(-63)
  8. 8. Smart 1183.6%
    -31.8%(-55)
  9. 9. Opel 1153.5%
    +79.7%(+51)
  10. 10. MINI 1043.2%
    +22.4%(+19)

Most-registered models in Barcelona

Top 10 by BEV registrations · 2021.

  1. 1. Tesla Model 3 621
    +94.1%(+301)
  2. 2. CUPRA Born 255
    +250 units
  3. 3. Kia Niro 205
    +57.7%(+75)
  4. 4. Nissan Leaf 163
    -11.4%(-21)
  5. 5. Volkswagen ID.4 155
    New
  6. 6. Volkswagen ID.3 129
    -14.0%(-21)
  7. 7. Tesla Model Y 114
    New
  8. 8. MINI Cooper 104
    +22.4%(+19)
  9. 9. Fiat 500e 95
    +85 units
  10. 10. Smart Fortwo 87
    -4.4%(-4)

Used cars · 2021

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

1,970 transfers 12.8% of all electric resales in Spain Rank 2 of 52

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 31415.9%
    +75.4%(+135)
  2. 2. Smart 29915.2%
    +59.0%(+111)
  3. 3. Renault 28114.3%
    +109.7%(+147)
  4. 4. Volkswagen 1648.3%
    +173.3%(+104)
  5. 5. Tesla 1216.1%
    +65.8%(+48)
  6. 6. BMW 995.0%
    +10.0%(+9)
  7. 7. Kia 985.0%
    +70 units
  8. 8. Peugeot 924.7%
    +114.0%(+49)
  9. 9. Hyundai 914.6%
    +82.0%(+41)
  10. 10. Citroën 613.1%
    +45 units

Most resold models in Barcelona

  1. 1. Renault Zoe 266
    +107.8%(+138)
  2. 2. Nissan Leaf 248
    +57.0%(+90)
  3. 3. Smart Fortwo 150
    +33.9%(+38)
  4. 4. Smart Forfour 149
    +96.1%(+73)
  5. 5. BMW i3 93
    +5.7%(+5)
  6. 6. Hyundai Kona 78
    +81.4%(+35)
  7. 7. Kia Niro 73
    +58 units
  8. 8. Volkswagen E Golf 72
    +53.2%(+25)
  9. 9. Volkswagen ID.3 72
    New
  10. 10. Tesla Model 3 69
    +48 units

Other provinces in Cataluña

By BEV registrations in 2021.

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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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  • Brands Every brand ranked by BEV registrations: ranking, market share and detail page.
  • Regions Electric car registrations by region and province.
  • Technical data Range, power and consumption of the cars actually registered, per DGT/ITV records.
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