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The electric car in Barcelona province · 2022

Barcelona registered 3,916 battery-electric cars in 2022, 5.3% of its market and #2 in Spain: month by month, brands and models.

Province · Cataluña · DGT data · full year 2022 · new BEV passenger cars.

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New vehicles · 2022

Registrations of new electric cars in Barcelona during 2022.

BEV 2022 (passenger cars) 3,916 #2 nationally by volume · +19.9% (+650) vs 2021
BEV market share 5.3% #7 nationally by share
% of the national total 12.4% of Spain’s BEV
Total market in the area 74,196 cars registered 2022

Barcelona vs Cataluña and Spain

BEV share of each area’s total market · 2022.

  1. Barcelona 5.3%
  2. Cataluña 5.2%
  3. Spain average 3.9%

Barcelona is level with Cataluña and 1.4 pp above the Spain average.

Barcelona within Cataluña

#1 of 4 by BEV volume and #2 by share · 2022.

  1. 1. Barcelona 3,9165.3%
    #2 by share
  2. 2. Tarragona 5545.1%
    #3 by share
  3. 3. Girona 5214.9%
    #4 by share
  4. 4. Lleida 3015.8%
    #1 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 · 2022.

  1. 1. Tesla 1,06327.1%
    +42.9%(+319)
  2. 2. Kia 2456.3%
    -6.8%(-18)
  3. 3. Hyundai 2426.2%
    +58.2%(+89)
  4. 4. CUPRA 2295.8%
    -10.2%(-26)
  5. 5. Mercedes-Benz 2035.2%
    +125.6%(+113)
  6. 6. Volkswagen 1965.0%
    -34.0%(-101)
  7. 7. Citroën 1854.7%
    +85.0%(+85)
  8. 8. MINI 1584.0%
    +51.9%(+54)
  9. 9. Peugeot 1423.6%
    +10.1%(+13)
  10. 10. Opel 1293.3%
    +12.2%(+14)

Most-registered models in Barcelona

Top 10 by BEV registrations · 2022.

  1. 1. Tesla Model 3 547
    -11.9%(-74)
  2. 2. Tesla Model Y 505
    +343.0%(+391)
  3. 3. CUPRA Born 229
    -10.2%(-26)
  4. 4. Kia Niro 158
    -22.9%(-47)
  5. 5. MINI Cooper 158
    +51.9%(+54)
  6. 6. Citroën e-C4 149
    +84.0%(+68)
  7. 7. Fiat 500e 124
    +30.5%(+29)
  8. 8. Dacia Spring 116
    +286.7%(+86)
  9. 9. Hyundai Kona II 113
    +105.5%(+58)
  10. 10. Hyundai IONIQ 5 105
    +123.4%(+58)

Used cars · 2022

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

2,171 transfers 13.0% 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. Smart 35016.1%
    +17.1%(+51)
  2. 2. Renault 33215.3%
    +18.1%(+51)
  3. 3. Kia 1627.5%
    +65.3%(+64)
  4. 4. Nissan 1617.4%
    -48.7%(-153)
  5. 5. Volkswagen 1456.7%
    -11.6%(-19)
  6. 6. Tesla 1346.2%
    +10.7%(+13)
  7. 7. BMW 1275.8%
    +28.3%(+28)
  8. 8. Hyundai 1165.3%
    +27.5%(+25)
  9. 9. Peugeot 984.5%
    +6.5%(+6)
  10. 10. CUPRA 803.7%
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Most resold models in Barcelona

  1. 1. Renault Zoe 307
    +15.4%(+41)
  2. 2. Smart Fortwo 178
    +18.7%(+28)
  3. 3. Smart Forfour 171
    +14.8%(+22)
  4. 4. Nissan Leaf 148
    -40.3%(-100)
  5. 5. BMW i3 108
    +16.1%(+15)
  6. 6. CUPRA Born 80
    New
  7. 7. Kia EV6 80
    New
  8. 8. Volkswagen E Golf 74
    +2.8%(+2)
  9. 9. Fiat 500e 69
    +48 units
  10. 10. Tesla Model 3 63
    -8.7%(-6)

Other provinces in Cataluña

By BEV registrations in 2022.

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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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