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EV Evidence

EV Evidence library

Electric car evidence library

Use EV Evidence to understand which vehicle evidence matters before you compare cars, rely on a seller claim or plan how you will charge. A published model card only restates sourced warranty, charging and ownership facts. It does not value a car, measure battery health or replace the documents that belong to the registration you are viewing.

Source: EV Evidence, What battery State of Health means.

Key facts and evidence

A published model card restates sourced warranty, charging and ownership facts for that nameplate. It does not value a car, measure battery health or replace the documents that belong to one registration. Start with the linked battery guide, then open a model record and keep missing evidence visible.

Source: EV Evidence, What battery State of Health means.

Start with your question

Compare the evidence before you compare the cars

A specification, a battery percentage or a seller's range claim is only useful when its source, date, method and limits are clear.

Battery

Battery evidence

Learn what State of Health means, what a dashboard cannot prove and when a professional report is worth commissioning.

Open guideUsed EV

Used EV buying checklist

Bring together seller records, visible checks, a controlled road test and an independent inspection without treating one result as clearance.

Open guideCosts

Charging costs

Compare home and public charging with the rate, loss and usage assumptions kept visible.

Open guideSafety

12 V symptoms

Recognise low-voltage symptoms and the point at which observation should become a recovery or professional hand-off.

Open guide

Published evidence records

Start with a model, then check the individual car

These records show which documents and checks make a meaningful comparison. They are not specification tables or a verdict on an individual car.

BMW

BMW i3

BMW describes the all-electric i3 as launched in 2013 and having a nine-year production lifespan.

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Ford

Ford Mustang Mach-E

No admitted E2 record verifies battery configuration and current service campaigns for the Ford Mustang Mach-E.

Not yet comparable

Hyundai

Hyundai Kona Electric

Hyundai identifies the current Kona Electric long-range battery as 65.4 kWh.

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Kia

Kia Niro EV

Kia describes the Niro EV high-voltage battery unit covered by its model-page terms as lithium-ion.

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MG

MG ZS EV

The MY19 MG ZS EV handbook states that its high-voltage battery pack contains several lithium-based battery cells.

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Nissan

Nissan Leaf

Nissan identifies the Leaf traction battery covered by these terms as a lithium-ion battery.

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Polestar

Polestar 2

The standard-range Polestar 2 is specified with a 400 V lithium-ion battery, 70 kWh capacity and 24 modules.

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Renault

Renault Zoe

Renault states that its published Zoe i traction-battery warranty applies to i versions where the battery is not subject to a lease agreement.

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Tesla

Tesla Model 3

Tesla's UK warranty describes the Model 3 traction battery covered by the document as a lithium-ion battery.

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Vauxhall

Vauxhall Corsa Electric

Vauxhall's MY25 Corsa guide lists 50 kWh and 51 kWh battery capacities for Corsa Electric variants.

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Volkswagen

Volkswagen ID.3

Volkswagen explicitly lists the ID.3 among pure-electric cars with an eight-year or 100,000-mile high-voltage battery warranty for material or manufacturing defects.

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Vehicle pages in research

Models still being mapped to source evidence

A vehicle page is published only when it has model-specific, traceable evidence and a clear next action. Until then, it stays out of search rather than presenting a generic specification card.

  • MG4Evidence mapping in progress
  • BMW i4Evidence mapping in progress