Electric car scrap in Aberdeen

A full electric car, a plug-in hybrid or a conventional hybrid: all three carry a high-voltage battery, and all three need careful handling at the end of their lives. We buy them from sellers in Aberdeen, collect them free on a recovery vehicle and pay by bank transfer to an account in your name.

The collection itself asks little of you: a recovery vehicle takes the car away as it is. The careful work happens later, at a partner facility where the high-voltage system is made safe before anything else is touched. We buy the car; we do not sell batteries or parts.

Aberdeen is the furthest Scottish city we cover, about 160 miles from our Fort William base. Jobs in the city and nearby Aberdeenshire are grouped into scheduled runs, so the wait is longer than in the central belt. We agree the collection date when you accept the price, and the car can stay where it is until then. Postcodes, districts and how collection runs in Aberdeen are on our local collection notes.

Preparing an EV or hybrid in Aberdeen for collection

An electric car needs a little more preparation than a petrol one. Start with the 12-volt battery: many EVs will not release the parking brake or go into neutral without it, so tell us if it is flat. Then the charging cables: leave any that came with the car in the boot and tell us if they are missing. Keep every key or key card together, including spares. Finally, do not try to charge a car with a damaged pack, and keep it parked outdoors in Aberdeen, away from buildings, until it has been collected.

Where the battery goes after collection

A traction battery runs at several hundred volts and stores enough energy to injure someone or start a fire if handled carelessly, so the order of work matters. First the high-voltage circuit is isolated by someone trained to do it. Then the pack is lifted out as a unit and checked. Only after that does the ordinary dismantling begin, from draining coolant and brake fluid to removing reusable parts. Batteries are recycled or, where they still hold charge well, assessed for reuse. We do not sell packs, modules or motors, and neither the battery nor the car is taken apart by the driver or on your property.

How an EV or hybrid is priced

When you ask for a price, the details that move it most are about the battery. What range was the car managing before it stopped? Has the dashboard shown a battery or charging fault? Has the car been in water, a fire or an impact to the underside, where the pack sits? After that come the ordinary factors: make, model, age, mileage, condition, and how far the car is from our collection routes. The week's metal prices play a part as well. Send clear photos and the registration, and we will reply with a firm figure that reflects the car you describe.

Read our full guide to scrapping an electric or hybrid car, see the three steps from reg to payment, or start a quote.