The electric revolution may be here but the insurance industry is not quite up to speed, suggests a new report from TheGreenCarWebsite.co.uk.

According to the research, 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.

Investigating how ready car insurance firms and their websites are for electric cars, the 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.

Ten of the biggest insurance companies and brokers in the UK were also approached both on the phone and through their own websites.

Again, six of these companies could not quote for electric cars via their websites.

Two of the ten insurance companies investigated didn't list some of the biggest names in the electric car market including the Nissan Leaf, Peugeot iOn and Mitsubishi i-MiEV.

When these six were approached via the phone, just two were able to quote over the phone to make amends for their websites and the others either required a vehicle registration or couldn't deal with the request at all.

"Our research has shown that the first electric car buyers may need to be patient and hunt around for the best deal rather than accept the first quote they get said TheGreenCar website editor Faye Sunderland.

"Things will get better as electric cars become more prevalent on the road and premiums should start to come down."