The infrastructure to unlock second-hand EV sales isn't coming. It's here. Fleet managers and dealers who move early will benefit. Those who don't will be left explaining why they didn't.

Nobody knows what's under the floor. That's been the elephant in the room for used EVs for years.

Buy a three-year-old Ranger, and you can read the service book, check the odo, and kick the tyres. Buy a three-year-old Tesla, and you're guessing. Is the battery cooked? Will it do the range on the sticker? Should you budget for a replacement, and how much might that cost?

For many buyers – private and trade – the answer has been to walk away, or not even consider EVs. And who can blame them?

But that's changing. Faster than most expected.

Over the past six months,