You can never really know whether the previous owner of a used ICE car was the kind of caring, diligent driver who warmed the oil thoroughly at the start of every journey and never let the tach past 3,500 rpm, or if he bounced the thing off its limiter each morning on his five-minute commute to work. But based on service records, mileage, and the condition of the rest of the car, it’s not hard to come up with a value.
Things are trickier when you’re looking at EVs. Buyers are hesitant about buying a used electric car that might have a degraded battery and now new companies are springing up offering independent battery tests to put their minds at ease and make valuing electric cars more straightforward, Reuters reports.
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