Yes, in fact we’re probably one of your best choices for these inspections. Our owner, Josh is a Tesla fanatic currently owns a 2024 Tesla Performance Model 3 a 2025 GMC Sierra Denali EV and has owned the following EV’s and Hybrids:
- 2021 Tesla Model Y
- 2018 Tesla Model S
- 2018 Tesla Model 3 Performance
- 2018 Tesla Model 3
- 2017 Chevrolet Volt EV
- 2013 Chevrolet Volt EV
- 2011 GMC 2-Mode Yukon Denali Hybrid
- 2010 Toyota Prius Hybrid
- 2004 Toyota Prius Hybrid
Needless to say, we’re big fans of these vehicles. For you as the buyer it is very important to look at the overall fuel economy reported by the vehicle as this can be an indicator of hybrid/battery performance. We’ve seen many Civic Hybrid battery and transmission issues (be sure to do your research). We’ve actually been involved in the replacement of several GEN II Prius batteries so be aware that they do fail. The Leaf is notorious for battery issues especially when the car comes from a hotter climate, these cars are equipped with a battery degradation gauge in the cluster so be sure to familiarize yourself with this system. We do use several scan tools including specific hardware/software solutions for Toyota Hybrid and Nissan Leaf product, have full computer access to these vehicles including battery, PCM, and hybrid modules to check things such as past, current and pending codes, states of charge, internal battery resistances, cell to cell voltages and more as part of our inspection. On Teslas we do make access to the service menus to check all systems and report current history trouble codes.