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The electric car for rent-a-car fleets in Spain · 2019

How many new BEV cars are registered to rental (rent-a-car) in Spain in 2019, and which brands and models they choose.

DGT data · full year 2019 · 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 · 2019 991 new BEV passenger cars
% of new BEV 9.6% of all new BEV passenger cars in Spain
Change vs 2018 +26.2% +206 units · full year
Leading brand Smart 593 new BEV

Change vs 2018.

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

The most registered brands · Rent a car (self-drive) · 2019

  1. 1. Smart 59359.8%
    +25.1%(+119)
  2. 2. Renault 22823.0%
    -17.1%(-47)
  3. 3. BMW 12212.3%
    +109 units
  4. 4. Jaguar 121.2%
    +7 units
  5. 5. Audi 90.9%
    New
  6. 6. Hyundai 90.9%
    +6 units
  7. 7. Volkswagen 90.9%
    New
  8. 8. Nissan 40.4%
    New
  9. 9. Citroën 30.3%
    -2 units
  10. 10. Tesla 20.2%
    -5 units

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

The top 5 brands make up 97.3% of this segment.

The most registered models · Rent a car (self-drive) · 2019

  1. 1. Smart Forfour 38739.1%
    +35.3%(+101)
  2. 2. Renault Zoe 22823.0%
    -17.1%(-47)
  3. 3. Smart Fortwo 20620.8%
    +9.6%(+18)
  4. 4. BMW i3 12212.3%
    +109 units
  5. 5. Jaguar I Pace 121.2%
    +7 units
  6. 6. Audi E Tron 90.9%
    New
  7. 7. Hyundai Kona 90.9%
    New
  8. 8. Volkswagen E Golf 90.9%
    New
  9. 9. Citroën e-Berlingo 30.3%
    +2 units
  10. 10. Nissan Leaf 30.3%
    New
  11. 11. Tesla Model 3 20.2%
    New
  12. 12. Nissan E Nv200 10.1%
    New

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

Rent a car (self-drive) by region · 2019

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 82916.6%
    +14.8%(+107)
  2. 2. Principado de Asturias 5938.6%
    New
  3. 3. Cataluña 532.2%
    +26 units
  4. 4. Canarias 276.2%
    +26 units
  5. 5. Illes Balears 103.5%
    -12 units
  6. 6. País Vasco 94.2%
    +4 units
  7. 7. Galicia 31.7%
    New
  8. 8. Andalucía 10.2%
    +0 units

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

How much rent-a-car weighs · 2019

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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