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Who buys the new electric car in Spain: private, company and fleets · 2016

How many new electric cars each type of buyer registers in Spain — private individuals, companies, leasing (renting), rental fleets and taxis — with the brand and model ranking for each. In Spain, company and fleet channels move a large share of the BEV market, so who registers a car tells you as much as how many.

DGT data to 25 Aug 2026 · year 2016 · new BEV passenger cars.

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New BEV · 2016 2,031 passenger cars registered in Spain
Private 376 +51.6% · 18.5% of new BEV
Companies 1,655 +81.5% · 81.5% of new BEV
Leasing 786 +894.9% · 38.7% of new BEV

Change vs 2015.

Who registers the new BEV · 2016

Private and company add up to 100% of new BEV passenger cars.

Private
37618.5%
Company
1,65581.5%

How much each buyer type registers · 2016

New BEV passenger cars in each segment. The name links to its page.

  1. Companies 1,65581.5%
  2. Leasing 78638.7%
  3. Rent a car (self-drive) 63031.0%
  4. Private 37618.5%
  5. Taxi 291.4%
  6. Chauffeur hire 231.1%

The small figure is the % of new BEV. The segments overlap: leasing, rental and taxi sit inside company, so the bars don’t add up to 100%.

Private vs company, year by year · 2015–2026

Each one’s share of new BEV registrations. Together they make 100% each year.

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

Private

376 new BEV to private buyers · 2016.

Top brands

  1. 1. Nissan 1537.5%
    +273.2%
  2. 2. Renault 773.8%
    -30.0%
  3. 3. BMW 582.9%
    +262.5%
  4. 4. Kia 492.4%
    +16.7%
  5. 5. Citroën 170.8%
    +1,600.0%
  6. 6. Tesla 100.5%
    +233.3%
  7. 7. Volkswagen 40.2%
    -71.4%
  8. 8. Mercedes-Benz 40.2%
    +33.3%
  9. 9. Smart 20.1%
    -85.7%
  10. 10. Peugeot 10.0%
    +0.0%

Top models

  1. 1. Nissan Leaf 148
    +311.1%
  2. 2. Renault Zoe 77
    -30.0%
  3. 3. BMW i3 58
    +262.5%
  4. 4. Kia Soul 49
    +16.7%
  5. 5. Citroën C Zero 17
    +1,600.0%
  6. 6. Tesla Model S 6
    +100.0%
  7. 7. Nissan E Nv200 5
    +0.0%
  8. 8. Tesla Model X 4
  9. 9. Mercedes-Benz B 4
    +33.3%
  10. 10. Volkswagen E Golf 3
    -57.1%

Company

1,655 new BEV to companies (legal entities) · 2016.

Top brands

  1. 1. Citroën 49724.5%
    +8,183.3%
  2. 2. Nissan 41320.3%
    +98.6%
  3. 3. Renault 32416.0%
    +59.6%
  4. 4. Smart 1527.5%
    -59.4%
  5. 5. BMW 1366.7%
    +277.8%
  6. 6. Tesla 432.1%
    +330.0%
  7. 7. Kia 391.9%
    -17.0%
  8. 8. Volkswagen 190.9%
    +72.7%
  9. 9. Peugeot 160.8%
    +700.0%
  10. 10. Mercedes-Benz 100.5%
    -9.1%

Top models

  1. 1. Citroën C Zero 477
    +7,850.0%
  2. 2. Nissan Leaf 327
    +97.0%
  3. 3. Renault Zoe 324
    +59.6%
  4. 4. Smart Fortwo 152
    -59.4%
  5. 5. BMW i3 136
    +277.8%
  6. 6. Nissan E Nv200 86
    +104.8%
  7. 7. Kia Soul 39
    -17.0%
  8. 8. Tesla Model S 39
    +290.0%
  9. 9. Citroën E Mehari 20
  10. 10. Peugeot Ion 16
    +700.0%

The leading brand in each buyer type · 2016

The most registered brand within each segment, with its new BEV passenger cars.

Companies Citroën 497
Leasing Citroën 469
Rent a car (self-drive) Citroën 465
Private Nissan 153
Taxi Nissan 28
Chauffeur hire Tesla 22

Leasing and rental: the layers inside company

How companies register. The layers overlap — a car can be both on leasing and registered to a company — so they don’t add up.

  • Company 1,655baseline
  • Leasing (renting) 78647.5% of company
  • Rental 65339.5% of company

All on the same scale, with company as the baseline. Leasing and rental are layers inside company: they’re compared against it, not a split of it.

Leasing (renting)

Car on a monthly fee

786

38.7% of new BEV

Top brands

  1. 1. Citroën 46923.1%
    +15,533.3%
  2. 2. Renault 1396.8%
    +195.7%
  3. 3. BMW 783.8%
    +1,460.0%
  4. 4. Nissan 703.4%
    +483.3%
  5. 5. Peugeot 110.5%
  6. 6. Volkswagen 90.4%
    +200.0%
  7. 7. Mercedes-Benz 40.2%
    +100.0%
  8. 8. Kia 40.2%
    +300.0%
  9. 9. Smart 10.0%
    -83.3%
  10. 10. Tesla 10.0%

Rental

Rent-a-car and chauffeur hire

653

32.2% of new BEV

Top brands

  1. 1. Citroën 46522.9%
  2. 2. Smart 1497.3%
    -57.5%
  3. 3. Tesla 221.1%
  4. 4. Nissan 80.4%
    -87.7%
  5. 5. Renault 80.4%
    -33.3%
  6. 6. Mercedes-Benz 10.0%

Rental in detail: self-drive vs chauffeur hire · 2016

Rental is two different businesses: rent-a-car (self-drive, A01) and chauffeur hire (A02 — not ride-hailing such as Uber or Cabify). Top brands in each.

Self-drive (A01) · rent-a-car

  1. 1. Citroën 46522.9%
  2. 2. Smart 1497.3%
    -57.5%
  3. 3. Renault 80.4%
    -33.3%
  4. 4. Nissan 70.3%
    -89.2%
  5. 5. Mercedes-Benz 10.0%

Chauffeur hire (A02)

  1. 1. Tesla 221.1%
  2. 2. Nissan 10.0%

The models in each buyer type · 2016

Which model each buyer type chooses. The segments overlap — a car can be both on leasing and registered to a company.

Leasing (renting)

Leasing (renting) · 2015: 79 → 2026: 10,017

786 registrations · 38.7% of new BEV

  1. 1. Citroën C Zero 469
    +15,533.3%
  2. 2. Renault Zoe 139
    +195.7%
  3. 3. BMW i3 78
    +1,460.0%
  4. 4. Nissan Leaf 66
    +560.0%
  5. 5. Peugeot Ion 11
  6. 6. Volkswagen E Golf 8
    +300.0%
  7. 7. Kia Soul 4
    +300.0%
  8. 8. Mercedes-Benz B 4
    +100.0%
  9. 9. Nissan E Nv200 4
    +100.0%
  10. 10. Volkswagen E Up 1
    +0.0%

Rental (rent-a-car + chauffeur hire)

Rental (rent-a-car + chauffeur hire) · 2015: 435 → 2026: 4,961

653 registrations · 32.2% of new BEV

  1. 1. Citroën C Zero 465
  2. 2. Smart Fortwo 149
    -57.5%
  3. 3. Tesla Model S 22
  4. 4. Renault Zoe 8
    -33.3%
  5. 5. Nissan Leaf 7
    -89.2%
  6. 6. Mercedes-Benz B 1
  7. 7. Nissan E Nv200 1

Taxi (A04)

Taxi (A04) · 2015: 7 → 2026: 752

29 registrations · 1.4% of new BEV

  1. 1. Nissan Leaf 28
    +1,300.0%
  2. 2. Kia Soul 1
    +0.0%

Keep exploring

More views of electric car registrations in Spain.

01

Overview

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

 02

Market

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

 03

DGT activity

The latest registrations, updated daily, straight from DGT data.
04

PHEV

Plug-in hybrids by user type: private, company and fleets, with leasing, rental and taxi.
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05

Used cars

Used electric cars: domestic resale in Spain and used imports.

 06

Groups

The industry: the carmaking groups and the rise of Chinese brands.

 07

Brands

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

 08

Regions

Electric car registrations by region and province.

 09

Technical data

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

 10

Historical

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