Spain

The research shows that the cheapest place to buy an electric vehicle is currently Spain, where a new Nissan Leaf starts at £22,015 (€25,900), which was 29% less than the global average of £31,004. Last year Spain launched a new electric vehicle subsidy programme, pledging €45 million towards grants and charging infrastructure.

Réunion

You might not expect electric vehicles to be so popular in a tiny island in the Indian Ocean, but that’s where we found to be the second cheapest place in the world to buy an electric vehicle, starting at just £22,100 (€26,000) after incentives.

Portugal

The third cheapest country in our research was Portugal, which has one of the highest fleets of electric vehicles in Europe. You can pick up a Nissan Leaf starting at just £22,848 (€26,880) after incentives.

Singapore

At the other end of the scale, the country that was the least affordable when it comes to buying an electric car was Singapore, with a sky-high cost of £84,866 (S$148,888).

Cars in Singapore are expensive on the whole, as the Government tries to cut down the number of vehicles on the roads by driving prices up, and with electric vehicles costing even more than your traditional car, the numbers of EVs in Singapore remains fairly low for now.

Thailand

New cars are generally very expensive in Thailand, due to high taxation and a new Nissan Leaf will set you back £49,750 (฿1,990,000).

While the number of EVs in the country is gradually on the increase, the charging infrastructure of Southeast Asia is still a way behind Europe and a lack of government incentives means they’re yet to really take off.

Argentina

South America is another region where the electric vehicle is seeing limited uptake, with prices that are still unaffordable to most.

In Argentina, a Nissan Leaf will cost £47,432 ($61,600), far more than the global average of £31,004.