Start here
The four guides worth reading first.
EV battery health check explained
What state of health actually means, how it's measured properly, and why the dashboard range number tells you almost nothing.
Read the guide → Guide 02 · CostHow much does an EV inspection cost?
Real 2026 pricing in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne, what changes the number, and the maths on whether it pays for itself.
Read the guide → Guide 03 · ChecklistUsed EV buying checklist
Twelve checks you can make yourself in twenty minutes at the seller's place, before you spend a cent on anything else.
Read the guide → Guide 04 · CompareEV vs standard pre-purchase inspection
Side by side: what a normal mechanic's inspection covers, what it can't, and when the cheaper option is genuinely fine.
Read the guide →By model
Looking at a specific car?
Known faults, variant differences and battery notes for the used EVs selling here — Tesla Model 3 and Model Y, Hyundai Ioniq 5 and Kona Electric, BYD Atto 3 and Seal, MG ZS EV, Nissan Leaf and Polestar 2.
Browse models we inspectThe service
What an inspection actually is.
If you are new to this, start here rather than with the battery detail.
Head to head
Torn between two cars?
Comparisons written for used buyers rather than new — what warranty is actually left, which service records have to exist, and what can't be assessed without plugging in. Warranty terms sourced and dated on each page.
Battery deep dives
Everything on the most expensive part of the car.
Four companion guides to the battery health check, for when a listing has caught your eye and the number matters.
Go deeper
The six things buyers ask us about most.
Every one of these started as a question we answer on the phone several times a week. Written down properly, with the parts most guides leave out.
Buying an ex-lease or ex-fleet EV
Novated lease returns dominate the used market. What they get right, what the logbook hides, and whether the battery warranty transfers.
Read the guide → ChargingHome vs public charging: what it costs a battery
Fast charging matters on some chemistries and barely registers on others. What actually ages a pack, and how the history is read off the car.
Read the guide → KilometresDo kilometres matter on a used EV?
No engine, no gearbox, no clutch. What actually wears out on a high-kilometre electric car, and why the odometer misleads.
Read the guide → CorrosionSalt and corrosion on coastal EVs
Salt never touches the battery. It does attack fasteners, subframes and high-voltage connector housings — and that last one is a safety item.
Read the guide → RepairsRepaired hail and accident damage
The most commonly undisclosed history on Australian used cars, how a paint depth gauge finds it, and why it matters more on an EV.
Read the guide → TitlePPSR, finance and write-off checks
An inspection tells you about the car. A PPSR search tells you whether you get to keep it. You need both.
Read the guide →Where to next
Read up, then get it checked.
The guides will make you a sharper buyer. They won't tell you what's inside the specific pack in the car you're looking at — that takes tools. If you've found the one, we'll come and read it.