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The electric car for rent-a-car fleets in Spain · 2018

How many new BEV cars are registered to rental (rent-a-car) in Spain in 2018, and which brands and models they choose.

DGT data · full year 2018 · 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
Registrations · 2018 785 new BEV passenger cars
% of new BEV 12.7% of all new BEV passenger cars in Spain
Change vs 2017 +4.0% +30 units · full year
Leading brand Smart 474 new BEV

Change vs 2017.

See the history of Rent a car (self-drive), year by year →

The most registered brands · Rent a car (self-drive) · 2018

  1. 1. Smart 47460.4%
    +467 units
  2. 2. Renault 27535.0%
    -46.9%(-243)
  3. 3. BMW 131.7%
    -78.7%(-48)
  4. 4. Tesla 70.9%
    -20 units
  5. 5. Citroën 50.6%
    -96.4%(-134)
  6. 6. Jaguar 50.6%
    New
  7. 7. Hyundai 30.4%
    +2 units
  8. 8. Peugeot 30.4%
    New

The % is the share within this segment, not of all new BEV.

The top 5 brands make up 98.6% of this segment.

The most registered models · Rent a car (self-drive) · 2018

  1. 1. Smart Forfour 28636.4%
    +283 units
  2. 2. Renault Zoe 27535.0%
    -46.9%(-243)
  3. 3. Smart Fortwo 18823.9%
    +184 units
  4. 4. BMW i3 131.7%
    -78.7%(-48)
  5. 5. Tesla Model S 60.8%
    -20 units
  6. 6. Jaguar I Pace 50.6%
    New
  7. 7. Citroën C Zero 40.5%
    -97.0%(-131)
  8. 8. Hyundai Ioniq 30.4%
    +2 units
  9. 9. Peugeot Ion 30.4%
    New
  10. 10. Citroën e-Berlingo 10.1%
    New
  11. 11. Tesla Model X 10.1%
    +0 units

The % is the share within this segment, not of all new BEV.

Rent a car (self-drive) by region · 2018

On the right, how much of each region’s electric car market this segment takes. The bar is volume; the percentage is the segment’s weight in that region.

  1. 1. Comunidad de Madrid 72221.9%
    +8.1%(+54)
  2. 2. Cataluña 272.3%
    -56.5%(-35)
  3. 3. Illes Balears 2210.1%
    +5 units
  4. 4. Castilla-La Mancha 55.6%
    New
  5. 5. País Vasco 53.9%
    +3 units
  6. 6. Andalucía 10.5%
    -3 units
  7. 7. Canarias 10.6%
    New
  8. 8. Castilla y León 11.0%
    New
  9. 9. Comunidad Foral de Navarra 12.4%
    New

Sorted by volume. A small region can have a high segment weight without appearing near the top.

How much rent-a-car weighs · 2018

New BEV passenger cars by segment, with rent-a-car highlighted. The name links to its page.

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%.

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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  • Market The total passenger-car market by technology: market share, trend and transition.
  • DGT activity The latest registrations, updated daily, straight from DGT data.
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  • Groups The industry: the carmaking groups and the rise of Chinese brands.
  • 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.
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