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The electric car in Barcelona province · 2023

Barcelona registered 6,760 battery-electric cars in 2023, 7.8% of its market and #2 in Spain: month by month, brands and models.

Province · Cataluña · DGT data · full year 2023 · new BEV passenger cars.

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New vehicles · 2023

Registrations of new electric cars in Barcelona during 2023.

BEV 2023 (passenger cars) 6,760 #2 nationally by volume · +72.6% (+2,844) vs 2022
BEV market share 7.8% #7 nationally by share
% of the national total 12.3% of Spain’s BEV
Total market in the area 86,421 cars registered 2023

Barcelona vs Cataluña and Spain

BEV share of each area’s total market · 2023.

  1. Barcelona 7.8%
  2. Cataluña 7.7%
  3. Spain average 5.9%

Barcelona is 0.1 pp above Cataluña and 2.0 pp above the Spain average.

Barcelona within Cataluña

#1 of 4 by BEV volume and #2 by share · 2023.

  1. 1. Barcelona 6,7607.8%
    #2 by share
  2. 2. Tarragona 9427.4%
    #3 by share
  3. 3. Girona 8397.0%
    #4 by share
  4. 4. Lleida 4638.0%
    #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 · 2023.

  1. 1. Tesla 2,57838.1%
    +142.5%(+1,515)
  2. 2. MG 5177.6%
    +320.3%(+394)
  3. 3. CUPRA 3855.7%
    +68.1%(+156)
  4. 4. Mercedes-Benz 2984.4%
    +46.8%(+95)
  5. 5. Kia 2894.3%
    +18.0%(+44)
  6. 6. Peugeot 2483.7%
    +74.6%(+106)
  7. 7. Volvo 2203.3%
    +107.5%(+114)
  8. 8. Audi 2163.2%
    +180.5%(+139)
  9. 9. Dacia 2103.1%
    +81.0%(+94)
  10. 10. Volkswagen 2033.0%
    +3.6%(+7)

Most-registered models in Barcelona

Top 10 by BEV registrations · 2023.

  1. 1. Tesla Model Y 1,453
    +187.7%(+948)
  2. 2. Tesla Model 3 1,023
    +87.0%(+476)
  3. 3. MG MG4 EV 406
    +1,253.3%(+376)
  4. 4. CUPRA Born 354
    +54.6%(+125)
  5. 5. Dacia Spring 210
    +81.0%(+94)
  6. 6. Kia Niro 155
    -1.9%(-3)
  7. 7. Volvo Xc40 142
    +69.0%(+58)
  8. 8. Fiat 500e 137
    +10.5%(+13)
  9. 9. MINI Cooper 126
    -20.3%(-32)
  10. 10. Kia EV6 122
    +41.9%(+36)

Used cars · 2023

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

2,168 transfers 12.7% 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. Renault 27412.6%
    -17.5%(-58)
  2. 2. Tesla 27012.5%
    +101.5%(+136)
  3. 3. Smart 2119.7%
    -39.7%(-139)
  4. 4. Volkswagen 1577.2%
    +8.3%(+12)
  5. 5. BMW 1557.1%
    +22.0%(+28)
  6. 6. Nissan 1406.5%
    -13.0%(-21)
  7. 7. Kia 1306.0%
    -19.8%(-32)
  8. 8. Mercedes-Benz 954.4%
    +55.7%(+34)
  9. 9. Peugeot 894.1%
    -9.2%(-9)
  10. 10. Citroën 673.1%
    -8.2%(-6)

Most resold models in Barcelona

  1. 1. Renault Zoe 229
    -25.4%(-78)
  2. 2. Smart Fortwo 142
    -20.2%(-36)
  3. 3. Tesla Model 3 128
    +103.2%(+65)
  4. 4. Nissan Leaf 125
    -15.5%(-23)
  5. 5. BMW i3 94
    -13.0%(-14)
  6. 6. Kia EV6 89
    +11.2%(+9)
  7. 7. CUPRA Born 63
    -21.2%(-17)
  8. 8. Fiat 500e 63
    -8.7%(-6)
  9. 9. Smart Forfour 62
    -63.7%(-109)
  10. 10. MINI Cooper 60
    +40 units

Other provinces in Cataluña

By BEV registrations in 2023.

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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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