Electric car rental in Spain
Electric car rental in Spain starts at €22 per day for a Fiat 500e and climbs to €90 for a Jaguar I-Pace. We run 31 electric cars across Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia and Costa Brava, and we deliver the car to any address in those cities, with the delivery address, date and time agreed with a manager before the booking is fixed.
Why electric car rental in Spain makes sense for a self-drive trip
Every car on this page is automatic, and the whole 31-car electric fleet runs from €22 to €90 per day. We deliver the car to the address agreed with a manager before the booking is fixed.
Automatic, 4 or 5 seats, no fuel stops
- Four or five seats: the Fiat 500e takes four, the Peugeot e-208, Renault 5 E-Tech, Citroen e-C3, Nissan Leaf and Renault Zoe take five.
Rent-Trip delivers to any address in Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia and the Costa Brava towns we cover, and the delivery address, date and time are agreed with a manager before the booking is fixed.
Electric car rental in Spain prices and the models behind them
Electric car hire with Rent-Trip runs on 31 cars priced from €22 to €90 per day, with a week from €132 and a month from €462.
Prices by model and class
| Model | Body | Seats | Battery | Power | From |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fiat 500e | Hatchback | 4 | — | 118 hp | €22 |
| Peugeot e-208 | Hatchback | 5 | — | 136 hp | €24 |
| Renault 5 E-Tech | Hatchback | 5 | — | 120 hp | €25 |
| Citroen e-C3 | Hatchback | 5 | 44 kWh | 113 hp | €30 |
| Nissan Leaf | Hatchback | 5 | — | 150 hp | €30 |
| Renault Zoe | Hatchback | 5 | 52 kWh | 135 hp | €34 |
| Citroen e-C3 Aircross | Crossover | 5 | 44 kWh | 113 hp | €40 |
| Tesla Model 3 | Sedan | 5 | — | 283 hp | €44 |
| BYD Atto 2 | Crossover | 5 | 45.1 kWh | 177 hp | €45 |
| Peugeot e-2008 | Crossover | 5 | 50 kWh | 136 hp | €45 |
| Tesla Model Y | Crossover | 5 | 60 kWh | 299 hp | €50 |
| Polestar 2 | Liftback | 5 | — | 272 hp | €55 |
| Cupra Born | Hatchback | 5 | 58 kWh | 204 hp | €58 |
| Ford Mustang Mach-E | Crossover | 5 | — | 269 hp | €62 |
| BMW i4 | Sedan | 5 | 84 kWh | 340 hp | €75 |
| Mercedes-Benz EQA | Crossover | 5 | 66.5 kWh | 190 hp | €82 |
| Jaguar I-Pace | Crossover | 5 | 90 kWh | 400 hp | €90 |
Weekly and monthly rates
Longer bookings follow the same list with one multiplier: a week is the daily rate times six, a month is the daily rate times 21. That puts the cheapest week at €132 and the cheapest month at €462, on the Fiat 500e at €22 a day.
The cheapest and the longest-range cars we deliver
- Fiat 500e from €22: the entry point of the fleet, 4 seats, 118 hp — a city car for Madrid, Barcelona or Valencia, not a touring car.
- Jaguar I-Pace from €90: 90 kWh, 400 hp, all-wheel drive — the top of the list and the only all-wheel-drive option at that price.
Rent-Trip delivers every one of these cars to an address agreed with a manager before the booking is fixed.
Charging an electric rental car in Spain
Ask the manager which connectors and cable come with your car.
How charging works on a Rent-Trip booking
The charge level at hand-over and at return is set out in the rental agreement — ask the manager about it when you book.
On the road, the practical maths is simple. A larger battery such as the 52 kWh Renault Zoe suits longer days, while the Fiat 500e is a city car at heart.
ZBE zones and the DGT badge for electric car rental in Spain
The DGT environmental badge is a sticker on the windscreen, and the letter on it decides whether you may enter a Zona de Bajas Emisiones (ZBE) and on what terms.
What the ZBE is and who enforces it
A ZBE is a defined area of a municipality where access is restricted by the badge on the car.
Badge, parking and the practical detail
Ask the manager at booking which zones your route crosses and whether the car's zero-emissions status covers them.
How electric car rental in Spain works with Rent-Trip
We run electric car hire as a delivery service, not a counter: the car comes to you, and the address, date and time are agreed with a manager before the booking is fixed. That single difference decides how the whole process is built — from the first message to the moment the keys change hands.
What we need from you before the booking is fixed
- Delivery address: any address in Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia or the Costa Brava towns we have a page for — plus Madrid-Barajas, Barcelona-El Prat, Valencia and Girona-Costa Brava airports.
- Date and time: agreed with a manager, not picked from a slot grid, so an early flight or a late arrival is a conversation rather than a limit.
- Your route: telling us you plan to cross into the mountains changes which battery size we suggest.
- Length of booking: a week is charged as the daily rate times six, a month as the daily rate times twenty-one.
- Car choice: all 31 electric cars on this page are automatic, with four or five seats.
Hand-over, fuel and the rental agreement
The car arrives clean; the charge level at return is set out in the rental agreement. The deposit, the insurance excess, delivery fees and any discount are also set out in the rental agreement rather than quoted in advance — we would rather you read them in the document than hear a number that shifts with the class of car.
Where delivery is not promised
Outside the cities and the Costa Brava, delivery is arranged case by case and is not promised on the site. If your route starts somewhere else, message us with the details — we would rather say honestly that we cannot reach you than take a booking we cannot honour.
Documents and driving rules for electric car rental in Spain
Spain applies one set of driving rules to every car on its roads, electric or petrol, and the paperwork you carry is the same either way. Below is what the DGT expects and what we ask for when you collect a car from us.
Licence, passport and the international permit
An EU or EEA licence — including Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway — is valid here until its own expiry date, with nothing extra needed and no international permit required. A licence from outside the EEA stays valid for driving as a visitor, provided it is in force and you meet the local age requirement for that category; once you take up ordinary residence, it holds for six months and then has to be exchanged. Licences not written in Spanish are accepted either with an official certified translation or if they were issued on the Appendix 9 Geneva or Appendix 6 Vienna model. The DGT recommends getting an international driving permit before the trip — for Cyrillic, Arabic or character-based licences that recommendation is effectively an obligation, since the permit or a sworn translation is what makes the document readable at a roadside check. The permit is never a standalone document: it is shown only alongside your passport and your national licence, and it runs for one year.
Speed, alcohol and the fines that follow
- Autopista and autovía: 120 km/h for cars, motorcycles and campervans up to 3,500 kg — the ceiling on the fastest roads in the country.
- Carretera convencional: 90 km/h by default, and the road authority may raise it to 100 km/h on a signed stretch.
- Urban streets: 30 km/h where there is one lane each way, 20 km/h on single-platform streets, 50 km/h where there are two or more lanes in one direction.
- Speed fines: 100 EUR with no points up to 600 EUR with 6 points, graded by the permitted limit against your actual speed.
- Alcohol: 0.25 mg/l of breath for all drivers, 0.15 mg/l for the first two years and for professional drivers, and above 0.60 mg/l it stops being an administrative matter.
- Phone in hand: 200 EUR and 6 points; a child without the required seat is 200 EUR and 4 points against the driver.
- Paying early: a 50% reduction applies if the fine is settled within 20 calendar days.
Child seats are compulsory for anyone up to 135 cm tall.
Choosing an EV with Electric car rental in Spain
The right electric car for a Spanish trip is decided by daily distance, not by budget.
One car, two trips
Tell the manager your rough daily distance when booking, and the model, the delivery address and the time are all agreed before the booking is fixed.
What to settle before you book electric car rental in Spain
Four things decide whether an electric booking runs smoothly: where the car is handed over, how long you are keeping it, which model suits the route, and what the agreement says about the deposit and the excess. All four are settled with a manager before the booking is fixed, not at the kerb.
- Delivery address: we deliver to any address and to the airport in Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia and the Costa Brava towns we cover; anywhere else is arranged case by case.
- Dates and times: the delivery address, the date and the time are agreed with a manager before the booking is fixed, so confirm them in writing rather than assuming a slot.
- Rental length: a week is priced as the daily rate times six and a month as the daily rate times twenty-one, which is why the longer bookings change which model is worth taking.
- Model and range: match the battery to the route, not to the price tag — a 24 kWh city car and a 90 kWh crossover are both on this page.
- Charge level: the battery level at return is set out in the rental agreement.
- Deposit and excess: the amount, the excess and any delivery fee are set out in the rental agreement — ask for them before you sign, not after.
Our fleet on this page starts at €22 a day for a Fiat 500e and reaches €90 for a Jaguar I-Pace.
Anything about cards, driver age or a second driver is agreed when booking — we do not state those as conditions here.