The insurance industry is still adjusting to the presence of electric cars on the UK’s roads-that’s the conclusion from a TheGreenCarWebsite.co.uk investigation.
Some new electric car owners will find it difficult getting quotes to insure their new greener form of transport while others maybe shocked at the cost.
Is an electric car petrol or diesel driven?
Investigating how ready car insurance firms and their websites are for electric cars, the leading green car guide found that, as the first electric car models make their first UK deliveries, just two of the four biggest price comparison websites are able to quote for such cars*. Attempting to get quotes from the websites, the investigation revealed that two of the websites’ forms required a confirmation of whether the car was petrol or diesel and requested engine size in litres.
