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

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 2017 · new BEV passenger cars.

Year 2026 2025 2024 2023
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New BEV · 2017 4,027 passenger cars registered in Spain
Private 992 +163.8% · 24.6% of new BEV
Companies 3,035 +83.4% · 75.4% of new BEV
Leasing 1,319 +67.8% · 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 buyer 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 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

992 new BEV to private buyers · 2017.

Top brands

  1. 1. Smart 2185.4%
    +10,800.0%
  2. 2. Renault 1974.9%
    +155.8%
  3. 3. BMW 1864.6%
    +220.7%
  4. 4. Nissan 1293.2%
    -15.7%
  5. 5. Tesla 1132.8%
    +1,030.0%
  6. 6. Hyundai 731.8%
  7. 7. Kia 481.2%
    -2.0%
  8. 8. Volkswagen 240.6%
    +500.0%
  9. 9. Citroën 30.1%
    -82.4%
  10. 10. Mercedes-Benz 10.0%
    -75.0%

Top models

  1. 1. Renault Zoe 197
    +155.8%
  2. 2. BMW i3 186
    +220.7%
  3. 3. Smart Fortwo 164
    +8,100.0%
  4. 4. Nissan Leaf 127
    -14.2%
  5. 5. Hyundai Ioniq 73
  6. 6. Tesla Model X 57
    +1,325.0%
  7. 7. Tesla Model S 56
    +833.3%
  8. 8. Smart Forfour 54
  9. 9. Kia Soul 48
    -2.0%
  10. 10. Volkswagen E Golf 22
    +633.3%

Company

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

Top brands

  1. 1. Renault 1,13028.1%
    +248.8%
  2. 2. Nissan 50412.5%
    +22.0%
  3. 3. Smart 3137.8%
    +105.9%
  4. 4. BMW 3097.7%
    +127.2%
  5. 5. Tesla 2756.8%
    +539.5%
  6. 6. Citroën 1924.8%
    -61.4%
  7. 7. Volkswagen 1483.7%
    +678.9%
  8. 8. Peugeot 631.6%
    +293.8%
  9. 9. Kia 491.2%
    +25.6%
  10. 10. Hyundai 280.7%

Top models

  1. 1. Renault Zoe 1,130
    +248.8%
  2. 2. Nissan Leaf 403
    +23.2%
  3. 3. BMW i3 309
    +127.2%
  4. 4. Smart Fortwo 254
    +67.1%
  5. 5. Tesla Model S 169
    +333.3%
  6. 6. Citroën C Zero 158
    -66.9%
  7. 7. Volkswagen E Golf 129
    +892.3%
  8. 8. Tesla Model X 106
    +2,550.0%
  9. 9. Nissan E Nv200 101
    +17.4%
  10. 10. Smart Forfour 59

The leading brand in each buyer 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

Top brands

  1. 1. Renault 73118.2%
    +425.9%
  2. 2. Citroën 1513.7%
    -67.8%
  3. 3. Smart 1333.3%
    +13,200.0%
  4. 4. BMW 1062.6%
    +35.9%
  5. 5. Nissan 982.4%
    +40.0%
  6. 6. Volkswagen 661.6%
    +633.3%
  7. 7. Tesla 160.4%
    +1,500.0%
  8. 8. Peugeot 70.2%
    -36.4%
  9. 9. Kia 60.1%
    +50.0%
  10. 10. Mercedes-Benz 30.1%
    -25.0%

Rental

Rent-a-car and chauffeur hire

781

19.4% of new BEV

Top brands

  1. 1. Renault 51812.9%
    +6,375.0%
  2. 2. Citroën 1393.5%
    -70.1%
  3. 3. BMW 611.5%
  4. 4. Tesla 531.3%
    +140.9%
  5. 5. Smart 70.2%
    -95.3%
  6. 6. Kia 10.0%
  7. 7. Mercedes-Benz 10.0%
    +0.0%
  8. 8. Hyundai 10.0%

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%
    +6,375.0%
  2. 2. Citroën 1393.5%
    -70.1%
  3. 3. BMW 611.5%
  4. 4. Tesla 270.7%
  5. 5. Smart 70.2%
    -95.3%
  6. 6. Hyundai 10.0%
  7. 7. Kia 10.0%
  8. 8. Mercedes-Benz 10.0%
    +0.0%

Chauffeur hire (A02)

  1. 1. Tesla 260.6%
    +18.2%

The models in each buyer type · 2017

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

1,319 registrations · 32.8% of new BEV

  1. 1. Renault Zoe 731
    +425.9%
  2. 2. Citroën C Zero 146
    -68.9%
  3. 3. BMW i3 106
    +35.9%
  4. 4. Smart Fortwo 105
    +10,400.0%
  5. 5. Nissan Leaf 88
    +33.3%
  6. 6. Volkswagen E Golf 65
    +712.5%
  7. 7. Smart Forfour 28
  8. 8. Nissan E Nv200 10
    +150.0%
  9. 9. Tesla Model X 10
  10. 10. Peugeot Ion 7
    -36.4%

Rental (rent-a-car + chauffeur hire)

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

781 registrations · 19.4% of new BEV

  1. 1. Renault Zoe 518
    +6,375.0%
  2. 2. Citroën C Zero 135
    -71.0%
  3. 3. BMW i3 61
  4. 4. Tesla Model S 51
    +131.8%
  5. 5. Citroën E Mehari 4
  6. 6. Smart Fortwo 4
    -97.3%
  7. 7. Smart Forfour 3
  8. 8. Tesla Model X 2
  9. 9. Mercedes-Benz B 1
    +0.0%
  10. 10. Kia Soul 1

Taxi (A04)

Taxi (A04) · 2015: 7 → 2026: 752

11 registrations · 0.3% of new BEV

  1. 1. Hyundai Ioniq 6
  2. 2. Nissan Leaf 4
    -85.7%
  3. 3. Tesla Model S 1

Keep exploring

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Overview

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 02

Market

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 03

DGT activity

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

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Used cars

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 06

Groups

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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

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