With the phase-out date for new petrol and diesel cars being restored to 2030, our customers can have confidence that Copart has it covered!
Because, quite simply, we’re always moving forward, and that means continually adapting to this ever-evolving car parc.
To competently handle the growing numbers of electric vehicles – which come with more complex technology, more potential hazards, and at heavier weights than ICE vehicles – we’ve made many changes to how we operate over the last few years.
This includes:
- Aggressively increasing our landbank to include specialist EV handling areas and equipment.
- Adapting and upgrading our fleet of transporters and loaders to handle the increased weights.
- Investing over 10,000 hours of training into teammates to ensure the safe handling, maintenance and resale of electric and hybrid vehicles.
- Being certified as an IMI approved accreditation centre, with the ability to deliver essential IMI TechSafe EV and hybrid training across our nationwide Operation Centres.
As the electric car parc continues to grow, we’ll continue to grow our expertise. We’ll remain strongly focused on upskilling our engineers, ensuring that they have the highly detailed levels of knowledge and competency required to handle, assess, and categorise increasing numbers of these types of specialist vehicles.
Not only will we be able to provide the highest levels of service and expertise to our insurance customers, allowing accurate and fast settlement of claims, but we are also investing into the ongoing personal development of our Copart engineers.
There are of course other external factors to be aware of as the deadline date draws closer, such as the inevitable factory delays ahead as the changeover to an electric platform commences. And, although an influx of Chinese EVs into the UK is gathering pace, the higher repair costs of these models is resulting in higher insurance premiums.
With all of this in mind, we fully expect buyer focus to shift to the used car market and we ready to assist with the huge and growing selection of affordable electric and hybrid vehicles we have available to bid on and buy through our online auctions.
And as increasing numbers of EVs inevitably enter the total loss arena, our sellers can be confident in our ability to match their vehicles with the right buyers across our extensive global buyer base.
With the 2030 deadline only just over five years away, our customers can be reassured that we’re prepared and ready, and we have every aspect of electric vehicle remarketing and recycling covered.