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Who registers the new electric car in Spain: private, company and fleets · 2017

How many new electric cars each type of owner registers in Spain in 2017 — 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 · full year 2017 · new BEV passenger cars

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
New BEV · 2017 4,027 passenger cars registered in Spain
Private 992 +164.5% (+617) · 24.6% of new BEV
Companies 3,035 +83.4% (+1,380) · 75.4% of new BEV
Leasing 1,319 +67.8% (+533) · 32.8% of new BEV

Change vs 2016.

Who registers the new BEV · 2017

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

Private
99224.6%
Company
3,03575.4%

How much each owner type registers · 2017

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

  1. Companies 3,03575.4%
  2. Leasing 1,31932.8%
  3. Private 99224.6%
  4. Rent a car (self-drive) 75518.7%
  5. Chauffeur hire 260.6%
  6. Taxi 110.3%

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

992 new BEV to private owners · 2017.

The most registered brands

  1. 1. Smart 2185.4%
    +216 units
  2. 2. Renault 1974.9%
    +155.8%(+120)
  3. 3. BMW 1864.6%
    +220.7%(+128)
  4. 4. Nissan 1293.2%
    -15.7%(-24)
  5. 5. Tesla 1132.8%
    +103 units
  6. 6. Hyundai 731.8%
    New
  7. 7. Kia 481.2%
    -2.0%(-1)
  8. 8. Volkswagen 240.6%
    +20 units
  9. 9. Citroën 30.1%
    -14 units
  10. 10. Mercedes-Benz 10.0%
    -3 units

The most registered models

  1. 1. Renault Zoe 197
    +155.8%(+120)
  2. 2. BMW i3 186
    +220.7%(+128)
  3. 3. Smart Fortwo 164
    +162 units
  4. 4. Nissan Leaf 127
    -14.2%(-21)
  5. 5. Hyundai Ioniq 73
    New
  6. 6. Tesla Model X 57
    +53 units
  7. 7. Tesla Model S 56
    +50 units
  8. 8. Smart Forfour 54
    New
  9. 9. Kia Soul 48
    -2.0%(-1)
  10. 10. Volkswagen E Golf 22
    +19 units

Company

3,035 new BEV to companies (legal entities) · 2017.

The most registered brands

  1. 1. Renault 1,13028.1%
    +248.8%(+806)
  2. 2. Nissan 50412.5%
    +22.0%(+91)
  3. 3. Smart 3137.8%
    +105.9%(+161)
  4. 4. BMW 3097.7%
    +127.2%(+173)
  5. 5. Tesla 2756.8%
    +539.5%(+232)
  6. 6. Citroën 1924.8%
    -61.4%(-305)
  7. 7. Volkswagen 1483.7%
    +129 units
  8. 8. Peugeot 631.6%
    +47 units
  9. 9. Kia 491.2%
    +25.6%(+10)
  10. 10. Hyundai 280.7%
    New

The most registered models

  1. 1. Renault Zoe 1,130
    +248.8%(+806)
  2. 2. Nissan Leaf 403
    +23.2%(+76)
  3. 3. BMW i3 309
    +127.2%(+173)
  4. 4. Smart Fortwo 254
    +67.1%(+102)
  5. 5. Tesla Model S 169
    +333.3%(+130)
  6. 6. Citroën C Zero 158
    -66.9%(-319)
  7. 7. Volkswagen E Golf 129
    +116 units
  8. 8. Tesla Model X 106
    +102 units
  9. 9. Nissan E Nv200 101
    +17.4%(+15)
  10. 10. Smart Forfour 59
    New

The leading brand in each owner type · 2017

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

Companies Renault 1,130
Leasing Renault 731
Private Smart 218
Rent a car (self-drive) Renault 518
Chauffeur hire Tesla 26
Taxi Hyundai 6

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 3,035baseline
  • Leasing (renting) 1,31943.5% of company
  • Rental 78125.7% 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

1,319

32.8% of new BEV

The most registered brands

  1. 1. Renault 73118.2%
    +425.9%(+592)
  2. 2. Citroën 1513.7%
    -67.8%(-318)
  3. 3. Smart 1333.3%
    +132 units
  4. 4. BMW 1062.6%
    +35.9%(+28)
  5. 5. Nissan 982.4%
    +40.0%(+28)
  6. 6. Volkswagen 661.6%
    +57 units
  7. 7. Tesla 160.4%
    +15 units
  8. 8. Peugeot 70.2%
    -4 units
  9. 9. Kia 60.1%
    +2 units
  10. 10. Mercedes-Benz 30.1%
    -1 units

Rental

Rent-a-car and chauffeur hire

781

19.4% of new BEV

The most registered brands

  1. 1. Renault 51812.9%
    +510 units
  2. 2. Citroën 1393.5%
    -70.1%(-326)
  3. 3. BMW 611.5%
    New
  4. 4. Tesla 531.3%
    +31 units
  5. 5. Smart 70.2%
    -95.3%(-142)
  6. 6. Hyundai 10.0%
    New
  7. 7. Kia 10.0%
    New
  8. 8. Mercedes-Benz 10.0%
    +0 units

Rental in detail: self-drive vs chauffeur hire · 2017

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. Renault 51812.9%
    +510 units
  2. 2. Citroën 1393.5%
    -70.1%(-326)
  3. 3. BMW 611.5%
    New
  4. 4. Tesla 270.7%
    New
  5. 5. Smart 70.2%
    -95.3%(-142)
  6. 6. Hyundai 10.0%
    New
  7. 7. Kia 10.0%
    New
  8. 8. Mercedes-Benz 10.0%
    +0 units

Chauffeur hire (A02)

  1. 1. Tesla 260.6%
    +4 units

The models in each owner type · 2017

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

Leasing (renting)

Leasing (renting) · 2015: 79 → 2026: 11,673

1,319 registrations · 32.8% of new BEV

  1. 1. Renault Zoe 731
    +425.9%(+592)
  2. 2. Citroën C Zero 146
    -68.9%(-323)
  3. 3. BMW i3 106
    +35.9%(+28)
  4. 4. Smart Fortwo 105
    +104 units
  5. 5. Nissan Leaf 88
    +33.3%(+22)
  6. 6. Volkswagen E Golf 65
    +57 units
  7. 7. Smart Forfour 28
    New
  8. 8. Nissan E Nv200 10
    +6 units
  9. 9. Tesla Model X 10
    New
  10. 10. Peugeot Ion 7
    -4 units

Rental (rent-a-car + chauffeur hire)

Rental (rent-a-car + chauffeur hire) · 2015: 434 → 2026: 5,982

781 registrations · 19.4% of new BEV

  1. 1. Renault Zoe 518
    +510 units
  2. 2. Citroën C Zero 135
    -71.0%(-330)
  3. 3. BMW i3 61
    New
  4. 4. Tesla Model S 51
    +29 units
  5. 5. Citroën E Mehari 4
    New
  6. 6. Smart Fortwo 4
    -97.3%(-145)
  7. 7. Smart Forfour 3
    New
  8. 8. Tesla Model X 2
    New
  9. 9. Hyundai Ioniq 1
    New
  10. 10. Kia Soul 1
    New

Taxi (A04)

Taxi (A04) · 2015: 7 → 2026: 926

11 registrations · 0.3% of new BEV

  1. 1. Hyundai Ioniq 6
    New
  2. 2. Nissan Leaf 4
    -24 units
  3. 3. Tesla Model S 1
    New

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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