Electric cars and vans move on trade plates just like petrol ones. OVM drives your roadworthy EV door to door with one driver, photographs at both ends and digital proof when the job closes. We plan charging into the route, and any cables and charge cards travel with the vehicle and are logged on the record.
OVM Ltd, 48 West George Street, Glasgow, G2 1BP. Telephone 0141 459 1302.
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An electric car on trade plates still needs a valid MOT
Our EV transport service covers dealer, auction and fleet electric vehicles. This guide explains when trade plates are the right choice for an EV and when a transporter makes more sense.
Trade plates do not replace a valid MOT. An EV heading to a workshop, charging bay or prep team to be tested at the other end is not legal to drive if its MOT is missing or expired, so it needs a transporter instead.
The same applies to auction EVs. A released lot at BCA, Manheim or Wilsons must be legal to drive before we can collect it, and starting up in the compound does not make it roadworthy. Our guide to moving a car without an MOT on trade plates covers the rule for every fuel type.
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A workshop, prep team or charging bay at the far end does not make an untested EV legal to drive.
Charge is planned
If the range will not reach the next charging point, the driver does not set off until it will.
An EV cannot be topped up from a can at the roadside, so range has to be planned. If the indicated range will not cover the run to the next charging point with a sensible margin, the driver will not set off.
Tell our office the state of charge you believe the vehicle has and whether a cable and charge card are with the keys. We agree what is enough for that drive before dispatch and plan a charging stop wherever the route needs one. Every battery, season and traffic pattern is different, so we set the margin for each vehicle rather than quoting a single figure.
If the driver arrives at an auction or dealer compound and the battery is too low to move legally and safely, they stop and our office calls you to agree the next step.
Charging on the drive is included in the price, in the same way fuel is included on a petrol or diesel movement.
Logging cables, charge cards and condition
Granny leads, Type 2 cables, adapters and charge cards are part of the vehicle. We log them at collection alongside the photographs and check them off at delivery, so a missing cable on a dealer to dealer EV is settled as easily as a missing spare key on a petrol car.
Bodywork matters just as much on an electric car, which can pick up the same yard scuffs as anything else in a compound. We record mileage and every panel at collection and again at handover, and you receive digital proof of collection and delivery on every job.
Dealer groups moving an EV from prep to a satellite site, or from Scotland to England, can book it as a dealer to dealer vehicle movement. Mention it is electric in the notes so charging and cables are planned from the start.
Auction buyers can have an EV collected as soon as it is released, like any other lot. Start from our auction collection page and add the auction house and site to your quote.
Fleet and lease EVs move one at a time. A block of electric de-fleets heading the same way on a flexible date may suit a transporter better, while a single contract hire return that needs to move this week is ideal for trade plates, provided it is legal to drive. Our guide to fleet vehicle movements covers this in more detail.
We cover England, Scotland and Wales and plan charging along the route. Northern Ireland is outside our service area.
Use the instant quote form on this page with the registration, both postcodes, the date and your contact details. In the notes, tell us it is an EV or PHEV, the charge you believe it has, whether cables and a card are present and whether collection is from a dealer, a home or an auction compound.
You do not need an account to ask, and the instant quote shows your price on screen. If the vehicle is not as described when the driver arrives, they stop and we call you.
Our office in Glasgow is on 0141 459 1302 and you can email [email protected].
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In practice
Charge planned, MOT still required
Cables and charge cards travel with the vehicle and are logged. Charging stops are agreed before the driver sets off.
Questions
Common questions
Prefer to talk it through? Call the team in Glasgow.
Is a plug in hybrid booked the same way as a battery EV?
Yes, it is a driven trade plate job as long as it is roadworthy with a valid MOT. Tell our office it is a PHEV so we plan for both the tank and the battery.
What if an auction EV shows almost no range when we win it?
Tell our office the indicated range and whether a cable is with the lot once release is confirmed. If it cannot legally and safely reach the first charging point, a transporter is the better option.
Who authorises a charging stop on a long drive?
Our office does, when the job is planned. Any stop the route needs is agreed before the driver leaves, and the charging is already included in your price.
Can you move an EV with no MOT if it is only going to our workshop to charge?
No. A workshop, prep team or charging bay at the far end does not make the drive legal, so the EV needs a valid MOT or a transporter.
Do cables have to be in the car, or can the receiving site supply them?
They should travel with the vehicle unless you agree otherwise on the booking. Whatever is present at collection is logged, which avoids disputes over a Type 2 lead that never left the sending site.
Need a roadworthy EV moved on trade plates?
Send the registration, both postcodes and the charge you believe it has.
