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Used electric cars in Spain · 2022

How many used electric cars change owner in Spain in 2022, where the car came from, at what age, and which models and brands are resold the most.

DGT data · full year 2022 · 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 2022 16,745 +8.9% (+1,372) vs the previous year · changes of owner, not cars
Share of all transfers 0.7% BEV out of all passenger-car transfers
Average age at resale 2.00 years from first registration in Spain
Early resale 60.8% zero-km, leasing and launches that change hands early

At what age are they resold?

Split of 2022 BEV ownership transfers by the car’s age (from its registration in Spain).

< 1 year

36.8%

1-2 years

24.0%

2-3 years

13.6%

3-5 years

20.1%

5-8 years

4.6%

> 8 years

0.9%

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Read it with care: 60.8% of these transfers (10,179) 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 39.2% (6,565) is genuinely used with kilometres on the clock.

Where does the resold car come from?

The 16,745 ownership transfers of 2022, 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 five of its transfers comes in its first month on Spanish plates (19.0%), against 2.4% for cars registered new in Spain.

Registered new in Spain

16,120 transfers · 96.3% of the total

Average age at resale
2.03 years
In their first month on Spanish plates
2.4%
In their first year on Spanish plates
35.9%

Averages over 16,119 of 16,120 transfers: those that carry the date.

The 10 most resold brands

  1. 1. Smart 3,22420.0%
  2. 2. Renault 2,45215.2%
  3. 3. BMW 1,0826.7%
  4. 4. Nissan 9035.6%
  5. 5. Mercedes-Benz 9005.6%
  6. 6. Volkswagen 8515.3%
  7. 7. Peugeot 8225.1%
  8. 8. Kia 7584.7%
  9. 9. Hyundai 6724.2%
  10. 10. Citroën 6464.0%

Arrived as imports

625 transfers · 3.7% of the total

Average age at resale
1.16 years
In their first month on Spanish plates
19.0%
In their first year on Spanish plates
61.8%
Age on entering Spainon average, from first registration abroad
3.59 years

The 10 most resold brands

  1. 1. Tesla 22836.5%
  2. 2. Renault 11418.2%
  3. 3. BMW 7912.6%
  4. 4. Smart 579.1%
  5. 5. Volkswagen 325.1%
  6. 6. Nissan 315.0%
  7. 7. Aiways 182.9%
  8. 8. Mercedes-Benz 182.9%
  9. 9. Audi 71.1%
  10. 10. Porsche 71.1%

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 · 2022

Split of 2022 BEV ownership transfers by brand (top 6 + the rest).

The 10 most resold models · 2022

  1. 1. Renault Zoe 2,418
    -5.3%(-135)
  2. 2. Smart Fortwo 1,666
    -3.2%(-55)
  3. 3. Smart Forfour 1,606
    -6.6%(-113)
  4. 4. BMW i3 930
    -8.6%(-87)
  5. 5. Nissan Leaf 862
    -16.1%(-165)
  6. 6. Fiat 500e 627
    +268.8%(+457)
  7. 7. Volkswagen E Golf 445
    +10.1%(+41)
  8. 8. Kia Niro 422
    +62.9%(+163)
  9. 9. Peugeot e-208 386
    -3.3%(-13)
  10. 10. Citroën e-C4 369
    +138.1%(+214)

The 10 most resold brands · 2022

  1. 1. Smart 3,28119.6%
    -4.8%(-166)
  2. 2. Renault 2,56615.3%
    -4.4%(-118)
  3. 3. BMW 1,1616.9%
    +10.5%(+110)
  4. 4. Nissan 9345.6%
    -22.4%(-270)
  5. 5. Mercedes-Benz 9185.5%
    +97.8%(+454)
  6. 6. Volkswagen 8835.3%
    -1.5%(-13)
  7. 7. Peugeot 8264.9%
    +1.0%(+8)
  8. 8. Tesla 7644.6%
    +35.5%(+200)
  9. 9. Kia 7604.5%
    +84.9%(+349)
  10. 10. Hyundai 6764.0%
    +0.6%(+4)

Where are they resold? · 2022

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

Region by region · 2022

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

  1. 1. Comunidad de Madrid 5,33431.9%
  2. 2. Cataluña 2,86417.1%
  3. 3. Comunidad Valenciana 1,71910.3%
  4. 4. Andalucía 1,4218.5%
  5. 5. Illes Balears 9375.6%
  6. 6. Canarias 9085.4%
  7. 7. Castilla-La Mancha 7534.5%
  8. 8. Galicia 6373.8%
  9. 9. País Vasco 4212.5%
  10. 10. Castilla y León 4122.5%
  11. 11. Región de Murcia 3402.0%
  12. 12. Aragón 2941.8%
  13. 13. Principado de Asturias 2571.5%
  14. 14. Comunidad Foral de Navarra 1400.8%
  15. 15. Cantabria 1390.8%
  16. 16. Extremadura 1150.7%
  17. 17. La Rioja 470.3%
  18. 18. Ciudad Autónoma de Melilla 40.0%
  19. 19. Ciudad Autónoma de Ceuta 30.0%

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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