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evcarchecks.com is a trade-facing entry point to the UK vehicle registers. It assumes you already know what a Category S marker means and what an open finance agreement does to a deal, and gets out of the way accordingly. EV checks covering battery state-of-health, range degradation, charging history and UK vehicle provenance. Everything below is written for the UK market specifically: UK registers, UK categories, UK law.
Data sourced from DVLA, MIAFTR, contracted stolen-vehicle data and the UK lender register at lookup time.
Typical lookup completes in under one second from the UK.
Built and supported in the UK as part of the trade-facing side of the network.
Where the manufacturer's diagnostic data is accessible — through the vehicle's OBD port for most post-2018 EVs — the report includes an estimated state of health (SoH) expressed as a percentage of original rated capacity. The figure is an estimate, not a warranty-grade reading. Below 80% SoH, expect a noticeable reduction in real-world range.
For full hybrids and plug-in hybrids, the report includes both the traction battery health and the EV-only range as recorded by the manufacturer. PHEV batteries typically degrade faster than full-EV batteries because they cycle more frequently between high and low state-of-charge.
If the report shows nothing of concern, ask to see the V5C in person and compare the VIN on the document to the one stamped on the chassis and printed on the dash. If the report flags something, raise it directly: a Category N write-off is not necessarily a deal-breaker, but a seller who claims a car has no history when MIAFTR shows otherwise is telling you something important about the rest of the conversation.
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evcarchecks.com is now part of Expert Car Check — the consolidated UK vehicle-data platform that several of these older brands have joined. The data sources are unchanged: DVLA's vehicle record, DVSA's MOT history, MIAFTR for write-offs, contracted UK data providers for stolen-vehicle markers and the UK lender register for outstanding finance. The team and the support contact are the same. What's changed is that the work that was previously spread across several smaller brands now sits in one place, which keeps response times tight and the underlying registers maintained against current DVLA schemas. Bookmarks and historic links to evcarchecks.com continue to resolve here. If you were referred to evcarchecks.com by a previous report, broker or print listing, this is the right page — there is no further redirect to chase.
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Rarely in full. WLTP is a laboratory standard, and a shortfall of a fifth or more is common in winter, at motorway speeds and with climate control running. Judge a used EV on the roads you actually drive.
No. Electric vehicles now pay vehicle excise duty and many attract the expensive-car supplement. Company-car benefit-in-kind rates remain comparatively low but are rising on a published schedule, so check current-year figures.
An older rapid-charging connector used on some pre-2018 EVs. It's being phased out of UK public networks in favour of CCS. The check returns the recorded connector type so you can judge futureproofing.
Weight and instant torque. Fitments are often load-rated specifically for the model and cost more than the combustion equivalent. Brakes go the other way and tend to corrode from underuse rather than wear out.
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One field. A typical lookup completes in under a second, using the same UK vehicle records relied on by trade buyers and insurers.