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Used electric cars in Spain · 2020

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 2020.

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BEV resold 2020 6,439 +69.6% vs the previous year · ownership transfers
Share of all transfers 0.26% BEV out of all passenger-car transfers
Average age at resale 2.08 years from first registration in Spain
Early resale 60.0% zero-km, leasing and launches that change hands early

At what age are they resold?

Split of BEV resold in 2020 by age (from their first registration in Spain).

< 1 year

34.6%

1-2 years

25.5%

2-3 years

11.8%

3-5 years

22.2%

5-8 years

4.9%

> 8 years

1.0%

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Read it with care: 60.0% (3,864) is early resale — zero-km cars, returned leases and recent launches that change hands almost at once — not cars with mileage behind them. Only 40.0% (2,574) 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 · 2020

Split of BEV resold in 2020 by brand (top 8 + the rest).

The 10 most resold models · 2020

  1. 1. Renault Zoe 982
    +87.8%
  2. 2. Smart Fortwo 969
    +45.1%
  3. 3. BMW i3 770
    +53.1%
  4. 4. Nissan Leaf 769
    -0.3%
  5. 5. Smart Forfour 675
    +80.0%
  6. 6. Citroën C Zero 375
    +406.8%
  7. 7. Volkswagen E Golf 200
    +96.1%
  8. 8. Hyundai Kona 185
    +86.9%
  9. 9. Peugeot e-208 160
  10. 10. I Pace 121
    +157.4%

The 10 most resold brands · 2020

  1. 1. Smart 1,64825.6%
    +57.7%
  2. 2. Renault 1,01515.8%
    +80.3%
  3. 3. Nissan 83813.0%
    +2.9%
  4. 4. BMW 77012.0%
    +53.1%
  5. 5. Citroën 4436.9%
    +195.3%
  6. 6. Peugeot 3295.1%
    +306.2%
  7. 7. Volkswagen 2704.2%
    +125.0%
  8. 8. Hyundai 2303.6%
    +59.7%
  9. 9. Tesla 2253.5%
    +1.8%
  10. 10. Kia 1352.1%
    +95.7%

Where are they resold? · 2020

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

Region by region · 2020

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

  1. 1. Comunidad de Madrid 2,63540.9%
  2. 2. Cataluña 1,11017.2%
  3. 3. Castilla-La Mancha 4787.4%
  4. 4. Andalucía 3815.9%
  5. 5. Comunidad Valenciana 3625.6%
  6. 6. Galicia 2584.0%
  7. 7. Illes Balears 2403.7%
  8. 8. Canarias 2203.4%
  9. 9. País Vasco 1402.2%
  10. 10. Región de Murcia 1362.1%
  11. 11. Castilla y León 1302.0%
  12. 12. Aragón 1131.8%
  13. 13. Principado de Asturias 931.4%
  14. 14. Comunidad Foral de Navarra 560.9%
  15. 15. Cantabria 430.7%
  16. 16. Extremadura 320.5%
  17. 17. La Rioja 110.2%
  18. 18. Ciudad Autónoma de Melilla 10.0%
On top of that, 285 used imported BEV entered Spain in 2020 (-7.2% vs 2019). Used imports →

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