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Used electric cars in Spain · 2023

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 2023.

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BEV resold 2023 16,150 +0.2% vs the previous year · ownership transfers

Share of all transfers 0.58% BEV out of all passenger-car transfers

Average age at resale 2.34 years from first registration in Spain

Early resale 52.8% zero-km, leasing and launches that change hands early

At what age are they resold?

Split of BEV resold in 2023 by age (from their first registration in Spain).

< 1 year

33.7%

1-2 years

19.1%

2-3 years

14.1%

3-5 years

23.1%

5-8 years

8.5%

> 8 years

1.5%

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Read it with care: 52.8% (8,526) is early resale — zero-km cars, returned leases and recent launches that change hands almost at once — not cars with mileage behind them. Only 47.2% (7,624) 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 · 2023

Split of BEV resold in 2023 by brand (top 8 + the rest).

The 10 most resold models · 2023

1. Renault Zoe 1,499

-35.1%
2. Smart Fortwo 985

-39.6%
3. Nissan Leaf 852

+2.0%
4. BMW i3 780

-9.0%
5. Fiat 500e 683

+9.1%
6. Smart Forfour 601

-62.3%
7. Tesla Model 3 573

+90.4%
8. Peugeot e-208 504

+30.9%
9. Volkswagen E Golf 503

+21.2%
10. MINI Cooper 455

+93.6%

The 10 most resold brands · 2023

1. Renault 1,99012.3%

-18.8%
2. Smart 1,69510.5%

-47.4%
3. BMW 1,2988.0%

+20.0%
4. Mercedes-Benz 1,2007.4%

+33.3%
5. Volkswagen 1,1517.1%

+35.3%
6. Tesla 1,0226.3%

+90.7%
7. Nissan 9616.0%

+6.4%
8. Peugeot 9525.9%

+15.8%
9. Citroën 7374.6%

+14.1%
10. Fiat 6854.2%

+9.4%

Where are they resold? · 2023

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

Region by region · 2023

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

1. Comunidad de Madrid 5,16732.0%
2. Cataluña 2,85017.6%
3. Comunidad Valenciana 1,5259.4%
4. Andalucía 1,3758.5%
5. Canarias 1,1277.0%
6. Illes Balears 8265.1%
7. Castilla-La Mancha 6033.7%
8. Galicia 5743.6%
9. País Vasco 4392.7%
10. Castilla y León 3802.4%
11. Región de Murcia 3362.1%
12. Aragón 3302.0%
13. Principado de Asturias 1881.2%
14. Comunidad Foral de Navarra 1390.9%
15. Cantabria 1300.8%
16. Extremadura 1090.7%
17. La Rioja 490.3%
18. Ciudad Autónoma de Melilla 30.0%

On top of that, 867 used imported BEV entered Spain in 2023 (+38.7% vs 2022). Used imports →

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Overview

The key figures for electric cars in Spain, with the monthly and year-to-date summary.

Market

The total passenger-car market by technology: market share, trend and transition.

DGT activity

The latest registrations, updated daily, straight from DGT data.

Use

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PHEV

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Groups

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Brands

Every brand ranked by BEV registrations: ranking, market share and detail page.

Regions

Electric car registrations by region and province.

Technical data

Range, power and consumption of the cars actually registered, per DGT/ITV records.

Historical

The full electric car time series and the yearbook by year and month.