In March, plug-in electric car sales in Spain increased by about 176% year-over-year. Plug-in sales in the previous month hit 2 084 units. Looking at market share, Spain reached 1.7% in March. 1.1% belongs to BEVs and the remaining 0.6% comes from PHEVs. This means Spain continues the growth towards 2% market share.
During the first quarter, plug-in electric car sales doubled to almost 4 500.
Changes in the electric car market in Spain
Absolute best-seller last month was Tesla Model 3 (No.1) with 396 units sold. Nissan Leaf (No.2) is the second best-selling EV with 278 registrations in March. Renault Zoe (No.7) is on the downfall and it seems the 2017 & 2018 best-seller won’t be able to make a treble. Only 56 units were sold last month. However, the record of 554 units sold in October 2017 is still not broken.
BMW Group had a strong month too. Mini Countryman PHEV (No.4) hit 178 units sold while BMW i3 (No.6) delivered 118 registrations. Tourer (No.8) delivered 166 which is a new year best.
The VW e-Golf came to No.9 while the Volvo XC60 PHEV (No.11) broke its personal best, with 79 registrations.
Electric car sales in March
| No. | Car | March | YTD | % |
| 1 | Tesla Model 3 | 396 | 596 | 13 |
| 2 | Nissan Leaf | 278 | 563 | 13 |
| 3 | Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV | 111 | 380 | 8 |
| 4 | Mini Countryman PHEV | 178 | 356 | 8 |
| 5 | Hyundai Kona BEV | 86 | 306 | 7 |
| 6 | BMW i3 | 118 | 239 | 5 |
| 7 | Renault Zoe | 56 | 196 | 4 |
| 8 | BMW 225xe Act. Tourer | 16 | 189 | 4 |
| 9 | VW e-Golf | 105 | 185 | 4 |
| 10 | Smart Forfour ED | 64 | 182 | 4 |
| 11 | Volvo XC90 PHEV | 79 | 168 | 4 |
| 12 | Smart Fortwo ED | 50 | 162 | 4 |
| 13 | Volvo XC90 PHEV | 43 | 133 | 3 |
| 14 | Hyundai Ioniq PHEV | 36 | 112 | 3 |
| 15 | Kia Niro PHEV | 1 | 100 | 2 |
| 16 | LR Range Rover Sport PHEV | 20 | 81 | 2 |
| 17 | Audi e-Tron | 62 | 71 | 2 |
| 18 | Jaguar i-Pace | 20 | 66 | 1 |
| 19 | Kia Niro EV | 32 | 65 | 1 |
| 20 | LR Range Rover PHEV | 10 | 58 | 1 |
| Others | 93 | 267 | 6 |