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Used electric cars in Spain · 2019

How many used electric cars change hands in Spain, at what age, and which models and brands are resold and imported the most.

DGT data to 25 Aug 2026 · year 2019.

BEV resold 2019 3,796 +90.3% vs the previous year · ownership transfers
Share of all transfers 0.13% BEV out of all passenger-car transfers
Average age at resale 1.89 years from first registration in Spain
Early resale 60.6% zero-km, leasing and launches that change hands early

At what age are they resold?

Split of BEV resold in 2019 by age (from their first registration in Spain).

< 1 year

41.9%

1-2 years

18.7%

2-3 years

15.4%

3-5 years

18.0%

5-8 years

5.7%

> 8 years

0.3%

Read it with care: 60.6% (2,300) is early resale — zero-km cars, returned leases and recent launches that change hands almost at once — not cars with mileage behind them. Only 39.4% (1,496) is genuinely used with kilometres on the clock.

Resale year by year · 2015–2026

BEV that changed owner in Spain each year. The column for the year you’re viewing is in full colour.

* 2026 is still in progress: data to 25 Aug 2026.

Market share by brand · 2019

Split of BEV resold in 2019 by brand (top 8 + the rest).

The 10 most resold models · 2019

  1. 1. Nissan Leaf 771
    +64.7%
  2. 2. Smart Fortwo 668
    +114.1%
  3. 3. Renault Zoe 523
    +77.3%
  4. 4. BMW i3 503
    +80.3%
  5. 5. Smart Forfour 375
    +307.6%
  6. 6. Volkswagen E Golf 102
    +75.9%
  7. 7. Hyundai Kona 99
    +9,800.0%
  8. 8. Tesla Model S 97
    +61.7%
  9. 9. Citroën C Zero 74
    +393.3%
  10. 10. Tesla Model X 65
    +75.7%

The 10 most resold brands · 2019

  1. 1. Smart 1,04527.5%
    +157.4%
  2. 2. Nissan 81421.4%
    +44.3%
  3. 3. Renault 56314.8%
    +63.2%
  4. 4. BMW 50313.3%
    +80.3%
  5. 5. Tesla 2215.8%
    +123.2%
  6. 6. Citroën 1504.0%
    +158.6%
  7. 7. Hyundai 1443.8%
    +396.6%
  8. 8. Volkswagen 1203.2%
    +66.7%
  9. 9. Peugeot 812.1%
    +68.8%
  10. 10. Kia 691.8%
    +122.6%

Where are they resold? · 2019

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

Region by region · 2019

BEV resold in each region and its weight in the Spanish resale total.

  1. 1. Comunidad de Madrid 1,56141.1%
  2. 2. Cataluña 84622.3%
  3. 3. Andalucía 2406.3%
  4. 4. Castilla-La Mancha 2245.9%
  5. 5. Comunidad Valenciana 1965.2%
  6. 6. Illes Balears 1544.1%
  7. 7. Canarias 1213.2%
  8. 8. Galicia 912.4%
  9. 9. País Vasco 661.7%
  10. 10. Castilla y León 611.6%
  11. 11. Región de Murcia 511.3%
  12. 12. Aragón 491.3%
  13. 13. Comunidad Foral de Navarra 421.1%
  14. 14. Principado de Asturias 411.1%
  15. 15. Cantabria 210.6%
  16. 16. Extremadura 170.4%
  17. 17. La Rioja 140.4%
  18. 18. Ciudad Autónoma de Ceuta 10.0%
On top of that, 307 used imported BEV entered Spain in 2019 (+106.0% vs 2018). Used imports →
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