Free tools for UK car owners and buyers
MOT and tax history, side-by-side comparisons, EV charging, fuel prices, and 30 practical guides. Straight from official DVSA and DVLA data. No account, no charge.
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Full MOT test history, current tax status, outstanding recalls, ULEZ compliance, and an estimated annual road tax, all by registration number.
Check a vehicle →Buying
Enter two registrations and see each one scored out of 100 on MOT condition, mileage, tax, recalls, and emissions. Rule-based, not AI.
Compare cars →Electric vehicles
Find charging points near any UK postcode, plotted on an interactive map, with connector type and power output.
Find charging points →Running costs
Today's UK average petrol and diesel price, live, plus a place-based search for cheap fuel near any postcode, town, or city.
Check fuel prices →30 guides
Plain-English guides on MOT rules, buying and selling, tax, ULEZ, insurance, and maintenance. Filterable by category.
Browse guides →DS Auto Labs is a set of free tools for anyone who owns, is buying, or is selling a car in the UK. Rather than piecing together information from several different government sites and third-party checkers, everything sits in one place: MOT and tax history, a side-by-side comparison tool for choosing between two cars, live fuel prices, EV charging points, and a growing library of practical guides.
Every tool pulls from official or genuinely free public data sources, DVSA for MOT records, DVLA for tax and vehicle details, and open EV charging and fuel price data, rather than paywalled or subscription-based alternatives. There's no account to create and nothing to pay for any of it.
MOT and tax data comes directly from DVSA and DVLA, the same records a garage or dealer would check.
Every tool works immediately. Nothing to sign up for, nothing to pay.
The car comparison tool uses a fixed, published formula, not an opaque AI judgement.
Yes. Every tool on DS Auto Labs, including the MOT check, car comparison, EV charging finder, and fuel price search, is free, with no account and no charge.
MOT and tax data come directly from the DVSA and DVLA. Fuel and EV charging data come from Open Charge Map, Fuel Finder UK, and checkfuelprices.co.uk, all free, independent, publicly available sources.
No. None of the tools on DS Auto Labs require an account, login, or payment.