Buying a used electric car can be an adventure. The interest is great, the choice is still limited – and then there is the problem with the battery. Because you can’t just open the bonnet and know whether you’re buying a pig in a poke, even with a connoisseur’s eye. The ADAC is now remedying the situation.
ADAC makes buying used e-cars safer
Buying a used electric car can be a tricky business, especially if the customer is unsure what to look out for. According to ADAC, the most important thing is one to have a realistic assessment of the condition of the battery. Because its performance and capacity decrease over time. The ADAC has therefore entered into a cooperation to read the batteries in electric cars. In this way, buyers and sellers can be sure of the remaining range.
Aviloo is now offering such an analysis box together with the ADAC (source: ADAC). Use for a short time costs 49 euros. From June 2nd, the partners are demanding 99 euros for the battery check. For this there is the analysis box, which is connected to the e-car via the OBA interface and collects data on the battery.
Users should fully charge the battery and then over a period of time Drive empty to less than 10 percent “in normal operation”., explains the ADAC. You can do the installation yourself or have it done by ADAC technicians. At the start, this offer is only available in Dortmund, Hamburg, Hanover, Munich and Nuremberg. The results are then transmitted to the Aviloo server and evaluated, and customers then receive a generally valid certificate.
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Buyers and sellers benefit from battery analysis in electric cars
The only drawback, but necessary for a precise analysis: The Battery check lasts up to seven days. Therefore, it can only be carried out by the seller. But he can advertise it by giving realistic information about the battery status. This also justifies a higher selling price. As an interested party, you can also suggest the test to a seller.
In general, but especially with e-cars, you should also use the Check the condition of the brakes. Because recuperation is often used in electric cars to charge the battery, the brakes rust faster than in many combustion engines.
There are also other providers, such as TÜV, who offer battery analyses. You can also get an approximation if you tracks a journey from 100 to less than 10 percent of the battery charge with the navigation system itself and then compares the mileage with the manufacturer’s specifications. But a professional analysis is much more precise.