Do you return battery state of health?

No. We return the manufacturer specification for the battery fitted to that vehicle: capacity, chemistry, range and charging characteristics. Degradation and state of health can only come from the vehicle itself, typically over its telematics.

Are plug-in hybrids covered?

Yes. PHEVs carry battery data as well, which is how you tell them apart from full EVs reliably.

What if the vehicle is not electric?

The battery block simply is not returned, and you are not charged: you are only charged on a lookup that returns something.

Can we enrich an existing EV fleet list in one go?

Yes. Bulk lookups take up to 50 registrations per call, with CSV output if that is easier than JSON.

For charge point operators & EV fleets

Know what you are charging before it plugs in.

Battery capacity, chemistry, range and charging characteristics for electric and hybrid vehicles, resolved from the registration, for charge point operators, EV fleet software and anyone sizing an installation.

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From 2p: per battery lookup at Tier 5
Capacity & chemistry: not just "it is electric"
Hybrids too: PHEV as well as full EV

What gets in the way

Knowing a vehicle is electric but nothing about its battery
Charging sessions sized on assumptions rather than the vehicle
EV fleet reporting that cannot distinguish a PHEV from a full EV
Installation surveys done without knowing what will be plugged in

What you can do instead

Resolve battery capacity and chemistry from the registration
Size charging expectations against the actual vehicle
Separate full EVs from plug-in hybrids in fleet reporting
Enrich an EV fleet register without asking drivers for spec sheets

How it works

Three steps

Registration in

The same lookup as any other vehicle: no separate EV identifier needed.

Battery and charging back

Capacity, chemistry, range and charging characteristics, alongside the DVLA record.

Use it in the journey

Size a session, populate a fleet register, or inform a home-charger installation survey.

"Fuel type: electric" is not enough to do anything with

The DVLA record will tell you a vehicle is electric. It will not tell you whether it has a 24 kWh battery or a 100 kWh one, what chemistry it uses, or what it can realistically accept from a charger, and those are the facts that determine how long it will occupy a bay, what a charging session will cost, and whether a proposed installation is adequate. Resolving battery data from the registration turns a category into a specification.

Plug-in hybrids distort EV fleet reporting

A fleet that reports "electrified vehicles" as one number is hiding the thing that matters. A plug-in hybrid used entirely on petrol and a full EV are very different from an emissions, cost and infrastructure standpoint, and telling them apart from a make and model alone is unreliable. Battery data resolved per vehicle makes the split accurate without asking anyone to self-declare.

Installation surveys and infrastructure planning

Whether a site needs 7 kW posts or something considerably larger depends on what will actually be plugged into them and for how long. Where a fleet's registrations are already known, resolving the battery specification across the whole list turns an infrastructure conversation from an estimate into an arithmetic problem.

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Where to start

Battery & EV Data

Battery, charging, range and motor data for electric and hybrid vehicles.

From 2p / lookup

Vehicle Details

DVLA registration data by VRM — make, colour, fuel, CO₂, tax and MOT status.

From 4p / lookup

Spec & Options

The factory equipment and options fitted to a specific vehicle.

From 10p / lookup

MOT History

Every DVSA MOT test, mileage reading and advisory for a vehicle.

From 2p / lookup

Where it gets used

Common jobs

Charge session sizing

Estimate how long a vehicle will occupy a bay and what the session will cost, based on the battery actually fitted.

EV fleet reporting

Split a fleet accurately into full EVs, plug-in hybrids and everything else, without relying on driver self-declaration.

Installation surveys

Size a workplace or depot charging installation against the battery specifications of the vehicles that will use it.

Buying a used EV

Establish the original battery specification, alongside the MOT and provenance record, before purchase.

FAQ

EV & charging questions

Do you return battery state of health?: No. We return the manufacturer specification for the battery fitted to that vehicle: capacity, chemistry, range and charging characteristics. Degradation and state of health can only come from the vehicle itself, typically over its telematics.
Are plug-in hybrids covered?: Yes. PHEVs carry battery data as well, which is how you tell them apart from full EVs reliably.
What if the vehicle is not electric?: The battery block simply is not returned, and you are not charged: you are only charged on a lookup that returns something.
Can we enrich an existing EV fleet list in one go?: Yes. Bulk lookups take up to 50 registrations per call, with CSV output if that is easier than JSON.

Official registers

Vehicle records from the DVLA Vehicle Enquiry Service, MOT records from the DVSA MOT History API.

Charged on delivery

You are charged on a successful lookup. A lookup that returns nothing costs nothing.

No lock-in

No contract and no minimum. Credits last 12 months; monthly plans are rolling.

UK data protection

You act as controller and we act as processor for delivery, under the UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018.

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