The electric car in Barcelona province · 2024

Barcelona registered 7,592 battery-electric cars in 2024, 8.3% of its market and #2 in Spain: month by month, brands and models.

Province · Cataluña · DGT data · full year 2024 · new BEV passenger cars.

New vehicles · 2024

Registrations of new electric cars in Barcelona during 2024.

BEV 2024 (passenger cars) 7,592 #2 nationally by volume · +12.3% (+832) vs 2023
BEV market share 8.3% #7 nationally by share
% of the national total 12.9% of Spain’s BEV
Total market in the area 91,665 cars registered 2024

Barcelona vs Cataluña and Spain

BEV share of each area’s total market · 2024.

  1. Barcelona 8.3%
  2. Cataluña 8.2%

Barcelona is 0.1 pp above Cataluña and 2.5 pp above the Spain average.

Barcelona within Cataluña

#1 of 4 by BEV volume and #3 by share · 2024.

  1. 1. Barcelona 7,5928.3%
    #3 by share
  2. 2. Tarragona 1,0818.7%
    #1 by share
  3. 3. Girona 8596.9%
    #4 by share
  4. 4. Lleida 5298.6%
    #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 · 2024.

  1. 1. Tesla 2,62834.6%
    +1.9%(+50)
  2. 2. CUPRA 85811.3%
    +122.9%(+473)
  3. 3. BYD 7339.7%
    +491.1%(+609)
  4. 4. MG 3454.5%
    -33.3%(-172)
  5. 5. BMW 2953.9%
    +72.5%(+124)
  6. 6. Volvo 2433.2%
    +10.5%(+23)
  7. 7. Mercedes-Benz 2403.2%
    -19.5%(-58)
  8. 8. Kia 2243.0%
    -22.5%(-65)
  9. 9. Citroën 2132.8%
    +41.1%(+62)
  10. 10. Peugeot 1922.5%
    -22.6%(-56)

Most-registered models in Barcelona

Top 10 by BEV registrations · 2024.

  1. 1. Tesla Model 3 1,516
    +48.2%(+493)
  2. 2. Tesla Model Y 1,056
    -27.3%(-397)
  3. +1,609.7%(+499)
  4. 4. CUPRA Born 327
    -7.6%(-27)
  5. 5. MG MG4 EV 307
    -24.4%(-99)
  6. 6. BYD Seal 267
    +261 units
  7. 7. Volvo EX30 205
    +194 units
  8. 8. BYD Dolphin 198
    +560.0%(+168)
  9. 9. BYD ATTO 3 187
    +156.2%(+114)
  10. 10. BMW iX1 158
    +68.1%(+64)

Used cars · 2024

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

3,428 transfers 12.6% 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. Volkswagen 58617.1%
    +273.2%(+429)
  2. 2. Tesla 45313.2%
    +67.8%(+183)
  3. 3. BMW 2597.6%
    +67.1%(+104)
  4. 4. Smart 2527.4%
    +19.4%(+41)
  5. 5. Renault 2266.6%
    -17.5%(-48)
  6. 6. Mercedes-Benz 2106.1%
    +121.1%(+115)
  7. 7. Nissan 1674.9%
    +19.3%(+27)
  8. 8. Volvo 1193.5%
    +91.9%(+57)
  9. 9. MINI 1153.4%
    +91.7%(+55)
  10. 10. CUPRA 1023.0%
    +61.9%(+39)

Most resold models in Barcelona

  1. +887.5%(+284)
  2. 2. Tesla Model 3 266
    +107.8%(+138)
  3. 3. Renault Zoe 185
    -19.2%(-44)
  4. +287.2%(+112)
  5. 5. Smart Fortwo 142
    0.0%(+0)
  6. 6. Nissan Leaf 141
    +12.8%(+16)
  7. 7. MINI Cooper 109
    +81.7%(+49)
  8. 8. BMW i3 103
    +9.6%(+9)
  9. 9. CUPRA Born 99
    +57.1%(+36)
  10. 10. Tesla Model Y 94
    +84.3%(+43)

Other provinces in Cataluña

By BEV registrations in 2024.

Data: own compilation based on DGT vehicle registration microdata, published under a CC BY 4.0 licence. Methodology · Terms of use.

Keep exploring

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  • Overview The key figures for electric cars in Spain, with the monthly and year-to-date summary.
  • Market The total passenger-car market by technology: market share, trend and transition.
  • DGT activity The latest registrations, updated daily, straight from DGT data.
  • Use Private, company and fleet registrations of new electric cars, with leasing, rental and taxi.
  • PHEV Plug-in hybrids by user type: private, company and fleets, with leasing, rental and taxi.
  • Used cars Used electric cars: resales in Spain and used imports.
  • Groups The industry: the carmaking groups and the rise of Chinese brands.
  • 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.
  • Historical The full electric car time series and the yearbook by year and month.
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