Balearics beat 2025 electric car target with ease
The Balearics have passed their 2025 electric-car target with room to spare, according to a mobility report published on 15 September 2026. OBS Business School places the islands among the Spanish regions already above the goal. Yet Spain as a whole remains far from its 2030 ambition.
Catalonia, the Valencian Community, the Canary Islands, the Basque Country and Navarre have also exceeded the target. Madrid stands at 414% of its goal, while Ceuta has reached 33% and Extremadura 52%.
Spain still has a long road to 2030
By the end of the first half of 2026, Spain had achieved only 17.5% of its target of 5.5 million electric vehicles by 2030. The National Integrated Energy and Climate Plan set that goal.
Electrified passenger-car registrations rose 37.9% in the first half of the year, making up 21.8% of all vehicles registered. Fully electric cars outnumbered diesel models, but plug-in passenger cars still account for just 2.3% of the total fleet.
Charging network remains the hold-up
Spain has reached only about 17% of its 2030 target of 340,000 charging points, and has still not met the goal set for 2023. OBS Business School warns that the gap between charger roll-out and demand could slow the move to electric cars.
The regional divide is stark. Madrid has 37.7 vehicles for every charging point, compared with 5.3 in Extremadura. The report identifies grid connections as the main structural obstacle: they can take up to three years in Spain, against five to 12 months in neighbouring countries. The delays have already cost more than €263 million in 2026.
Source: Europa Press / Mallorca.com