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Used electric cars in Spain · 2019

How many used electric cars change owner in Spain in 2019, where the car came from, at what age, and which models and brands are resold the most.

DGT data · full year 2019 · BEV passenger car resales

Year History 2026 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
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2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
BEV transfers 2019 4,103 +91.4% (+1,959) vs the previous year · changes of owner, not cars
Share of all transfers 0.1% BEV out of all passenger-car transfers
Average age at resale 1.78 years from first registration in Spain
Early resale 63.2% zero-km, leasing and launches that change hands early

At what age are they resold?

Split of 2019 BEV ownership transfers by the car’s age (from its registration in Spain).

< 1 year

45.4%

1-2 years

17.8%

2-3 years

14.3%

3-5 years

16.9%

5-8 years

5.3%

> 8 years

0.2%

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Read it with care: 63.2% of these transfers (2,595) is early resale — zero-km cars, returned leases and recent launches that change hands almost at once — not cars with mileage behind them. The other 36.8% (1,508) is genuinely used with kilometres on the clock.

Where does the resold car come from?

The 4,103 ownership transfers of 2019, split by how the car joined the Spanish fleet: registered new here or imported second-hand.

An imported car is resold much sooner once it is here: one in three of its transfers comes in its first month on Spanish plates (31.9%), against 3.9% for cars registered new in Spain.

Registered new in Spain

3,796 transfers · 92.5% of the total

Average age at resale
1.89 years
In their first month on Spanish plates
3.9%
In their first year on Spanish plates
41.9%

The 10 most resold brands

  1. 1. Smart 1,04527.5%
  2. 2. Nissan 81421.4%
  3. 3. Renault 56314.8%
  4. 4. BMW 50313.2%
  5. 5. Tesla 2215.8%
  6. 6. Citroën 1504.0%
  7. 7. Hyundai 1443.8%
  8. 8. Volkswagen 1203.2%
  9. 9. Peugeot 812.1%
  10. 10. Kia 691.8%

Arrived as imports

307 transfers · 7.5% of the total

Average age at resale
0.46 years
In their first month on Spanish plates
31.9%
In their first year on Spanish plates
88.9%
Age on entering Spainon average, from first registration abroad
3.91 years

The 10 most resold brands

  1. 1. Renault 12641.0%
  2. 2. Tesla 9831.9%
  3. 3. BMW 268.5%
  4. 4. Smart 216.8%
  5. 5. Opel 113.6%
  6. 6. Mercedes-Benz 51.6%
  7. 7. Nissan 51.6%
  8. 8. Volkswagen 41.3%
  9. 9. Citroën 31.0%
  10. 10. Peugeot 31.0%

Days since Spanish registration, in both columns.

Resale year by year · 2015–2026

BEV ownership transfers in Spain each year: the same car counts every time it changes hands. The column for the year you’re viewing is in full colour.

2026 is still in progress: data to 25 Sep 2026.

Market share by brand · 2019

Split of 2019 BEV ownership transfers by brand (top 6 + the rest).

The 10 most resold models · 2019

  1. 1. Nissan Leaf 775
    +62.5%(+298)
  2. 2. Smart Fortwo 684
    +111.8%(+361)
  3. 3. Renault Zoe 649
    +84.9%(+298)
  4. 4. BMW i3 528
    +79.0%(+233)
  5. 5. Smart Forfour 377
    +309.8%(+285)
  6. 6. Tesla Model S 184
    +97.8%(+91)
  7. 7. Volkswagen E Golf 106
    +73.8%(+45)
  8. 8. Hyundai Kona 99
    +98 units
  9. 9. Citroën C Zero 75
    +59 units
  10. 10. Tesla Model X 68
    +65.9%(+27)

The 10 most resold brands · 2019

  1. 1. Smart 1,06626.0%
    +154.4%(+647)
  2. 2. Nissan 81920.0%
    +42.9%(+246)
  3. 3. Renault 68916.8%
    +71.0%(+286)
  4. 4. BMW 52912.9%
    +79.3%(+234)
  5. 5. Tesla 3197.8%
    +129.5%(+180)
  6. 6. Citroën 1533.7%
    +159.3%(+94)
  7. 7. Hyundai 1443.5%
    +115 units
  8. 8. Volkswagen 1243.0%
    +63.2%(+48)
  9. 9. Peugeot 842.0%
    +71.4%(+35)
  10. 10. Kia 691.7%
    +122.6%(+38)

Where are they resold? · 2019

Darker = more BEV ownership transfers. Hover to see the figures; tap a region for its page.

Region by region · 2019

BEV ownership transfers in each region and their weight in the Spanish total.

  1. 1. Comunidad de Madrid 1,70041.4%
  2. 2. Cataluña 90622.1%
  3. 3. Andalucía 2576.3%
  4. 4. Castilla-La Mancha 2325.7%
  5. 5. Comunidad Valenciana 2255.5%
  6. 6. Illes Balears 1654.0%
  7. 7. Canarias 1223.0%
  8. 8. Galicia 992.4%
  9. 9. País Vasco 751.8%
  10. 10. Castilla y León 651.6%
  11. 11. Región de Murcia 601.5%
  12. 12. Aragón 541.3%
  13. 13. Comunidad Foral de Navarra 441.1%
  14. 14. Principado de Asturias 411.0%
  15. 15. Cantabria 240.6%
  16. 16. Extremadura 170.4%
  17. 17. La Rioja 150.4%
  18. 18. Ciudad Autónoma de Ceuta 20.0%

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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