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Used electric cars in Spain · 2021

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 2021.

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2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
BEV resold 2021 14,889 +131.2% vs the previous year · ownership transfers
Share of all transfers 0.53% BEV out of all passenger-car transfers
Average age at resale 1.96 years from first registration in Spain
Early resale 62.5% zero-km, leasing and launches that change hands early

At what age are they resold?

Split of BEV resold in 2021 by age (from their first registration in Spain).

< 1 year

39.5%

1-2 years

23.0%

2-3 years

12.1%

3-5 years

20.1%

5-8 years

4.3%

> 8 years

0.9%

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Read it with care: 62.5% (9,307) is early resale — zero-km cars, returned leases and recent launches that change hands almost at once — not cars with mileage behind them. Only 37.5% (5,579) 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 · 2021

Split of BEV resold in 2021 by brand (top 8 + the rest).

The 10 most resold models · 2021

  1. 1. Renault Zoe 2,463
    +150.8%
  2. 2. Smart Forfour 1,716
    +154.2%
  3. 3. Smart Fortwo 1,686
    +74.0%
  4. 4. Nissan Leaf 1,006
    +30.8%
  5. 5. BMW i3 954
    +23.9%
  6. 6. Citroën C Zero 794
    +111.7%
  7. 7. Hyundai Kona 527
    +184.9%
  8. 8. Peugeot e-208 399
    +149.4%
  9. 9. Volkswagen E Golf 391
    +95.5%
  10. 10. Volkswagen ID.3 347
    +4,237.5%

The 10 most resold brands · 2021

  1. 1. Smart 3,40522.9%
    +106.6%
  2. 2. Renault 2,59217.4%
    +155.4%
  3. 3. Nissan 1,1787.9%
    +40.6%
  4. 4. Citroën 1,0377.0%
    +134.1%
  5. 5. BMW 9836.6%
    +27.7%
  6. 6. Volkswagen 8785.9%
    +225.2%
  7. 7. Peugeot 8185.5%
    +148.6%
  8. 8. Hyundai 6644.5%
    +188.7%
  9. 9. Mercedes-Benz 4533.0%
    +1,061.5%
  10. 10. Kia 4092.7%
    +203.0%

Where are they resold? · 2021

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

Region by region · 2021

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

  1. 1. Comunidad de Madrid 5,35135.9%
  2. 2. Cataluña 2,51316.9%
  3. 3. Andalucía 1,3128.8%
  4. 4. Comunidad Valenciana 1,2018.1%
  5. 5. Castilla-La Mancha 7735.2%
  6. 6. Canarias 6444.3%
  7. 7. Galicia 5883.9%
  8. 8. Illes Balears 5423.6%
  9. 9. País Vasco 3782.5%
  10. 10. Castilla y León 3462.3%
  11. 11. Aragón 2881.9%
  12. 12. Principado de Asturias 2491.7%
  13. 13. Región de Murcia 2381.6%
  14. 14. Comunidad Foral de Navarra 1451.0%
  15. 15. Extremadura 1380.9%
  16. 16. Cantabria 1290.9%
  17. 17. La Rioja 440.3%
  18. 18. Ciudad Autónoma de Melilla 80.1%
  19. 19. Ciudad Autónoma de Ceuta 20.0%
On top of that, 485 used imported BEV entered Spain in 2021 (+70.2% vs 2020). Used imports →

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