Ownership6 min · 4 Aug
Selling an EV: what actually protects the price
Battery evidence is the differentiator. Two identical cars sell for different money when only one can prove its pack is healthy.
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Maintenance & Ownership
Battery health, servicing, tyres, winter and resale.
Electric cars need less maintenance than combustion cars, but not none, and the things that do matter are different — tyres wear faster, battery health drives resale value, and winter changes the numbers more than most people expect.
This is the long-term ownership material: what degrades, what does not, what to check on a used car and how to keep range where it should be.
All maintenance & ownership guides
7 articles
Ownership6 min · 26 Jul
EV insurance: why it costs more and what to do
Higher repair costs and a smaller approved repairer network, mostly. Some of it you can influence, some you cannot.
Ownership10 min · 16 Jul
Winter range: what we measured across 14 cars
Every car lost range below 5°C. The spread between best and worst was 31 percentage points, and a heat pump explained most of it.
Ownership6 min · 7 Jul
What actually needs servicing on an electric car
Far less than a combustion car, but not nothing — and the items that remain are different ones.
Ownership7 min · 4 Jul
Living with an EV in a cold climate
Cold costs range, slows charging and stiffens everything. All three are manageable with habits rather than hardware.
Ownership6 min · 1 Jul
Why EV tyres wear faster, and what to do about it
Weight and instant torque are hard on tyres. The good news is that most of the extra wear is a driving-style problem, not a physics problem.
Ownership7 min · 29 Jun
How to look after an EV battery
Four habits cover almost all of it, and none of them are onerous. Most advice beyond these is noise.
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