Battery Health

Reading state of health, the capacity threshold a warranty actually guarantees and whether it transfers, and checking a used EV before you buy.

Battery Health September 8, 2026 How to Check Battery Health When Buying a Used EV The dash range figure says almost nothing about the pack. The ninety-minute appointment that does: a live fast-charge session and two VIN lookups. 17 min read
Battery Health August 22, 2026 EV Battery Warranty: Reading the 70 Percent Threshold Three booklets, three capacity thresholds, and a federal floor that is not the number everyone repeats. What the clause pays, and whether it follows the car. 9 min read
Battery Health August 17, 2026 EV Battery State of Health: How to Read It Most EVs never put a state-of-health number on the screen. Here is where it hides, why two apps give two answers, and what a 2026 rule changed. 13 min read

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The first charger took a board vote and nine months; the second took a permit, a load calculation, and one afternoon. Tessa Vandermolen kept the paperwork from both installs — applications, the inspector's correction notice, utility EV tariff sheets — and PlugPath is where those documents get explained. She is not an electrician or an electrical inspector, so nothing here is an instruction to wire anything: it is a record of what the code sections, statutes, and forms actually say, each one linked.

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