Vehicle inspection

When to have it looked at

• You are buying a used electric car and cannot see inside the pack.
• A trade-in valuation depends on the state of the battery.
• You want to know what a repair will really involve before you commit.

Why it fails

The two most expensive components on an electric car — the pack and the drive unit — both fail silently for a long time before anything shows. A car that drives perfectly can be a few thousand kilometres from an invoice that exceeds its value. An inspection is measurements against that risk, not an opinion about the paintwork.

How we work

1. We record the condition in writing before anything is opened, and you get a copy.
2. The unit is stripped and inspected. It is the only way to know the real state of it.
3. Everything that matters is measured, not estimated.
4. You get a written quote before any repair starts. Nothing proceeds without your agreement.
5. We replace what has actually failed and what will fail next, not the whole assembly.
6. It is tested under load and returned to you with the findings written up.

What decides the price

What moves the price is the platform, what we find once it is open — which nobody can know beforehand — and whether the original parts can be reused. That is why the quote comes after the inspection and not before it.

Turnaround, warranty and whether a teardown is chargeable are set by this workshop. Ask us before you commit.