United Kingdom, April 22 -- Under 25s are forking out more than £16,000 extra to buy an electric vehicle as their first car.

According to new findings from insurance comparison site MoneySuperMarket, 47 per cent of young motorists aspire to be behind the wheel of an electric car, and 32 per cent want to delay driving until they have enough money to purchase one of the vehicles.

What's more, 38 per cent of those polled said they would refuse to drive a fuelled motor for environmental reasons.

An average electric vehicle insurance premium for an under 25 year old is £1,881 and it will set young motorists back an average of £11,335 for an electric car, compared with an average of £3,218 for a petrol motor.

Despite thi...