Follow Spain Investment Immigration and Spain Economic news: According to figures released by the Spanish Automotive Research Institute, in the first eleven months of 2014, Spain sold 921 electric vehicles, an increase of 14.84% compared to the same period last year. In November alone, the sales volume of electric vehicles reached 137 units, a year-on-year increase of 149.09%. On the other hand, sales of hybrid vehicles in Spain also grew rapidly, with a total of 10,770 units sold in the first eleven months, a year-on-year increase of 19.52%, of which 1,552 units were sold in November, a year-on-year increase of 74.19%.
Although the domestic sales of electric vehicles in Spain are relatively low, Spain is currently the only country in the world producing five different models of electric vehicles and is the European production center for electric vehicles. In the past two years, Spain has produced 16,000 electric vehicles from five brands including Citroën, Nissan, Renault, Mercedes, and Peugeot. However, in terms of electric vehicle sales, Spain lags far behind other countries. The largest electric vehicle consumer country in the world is the United States, which sold 45,000 units in 2013, followed by Japan. The largest electric vehicle consumer country in Europe is France, which sold 13,000 units in 2013, while Spain ranked 12th, selling only 854 electric vehicles in 2013.