Garage equipment & tools 24 www.aftermarketonline.net APRIL 2026 Built for EVs: The tools driving safer workshops Laser Tools is helping garages to ensure workshop safety with an expanding range of tools and safety products specifically designed for electric vehicles and hybrids. Laser Tools’ range of products for electric and hybrid vehicles has been tested and certificated to the latest international standards for working in live high-voltage environments, and includes insulated tools suitable for live working up to 1000V AC/1500V DC. Included in the range are insulated socket sets, torque wrenches, spanner sets, and other high-voltage tools and test instruments. There is also a full range of equipment and products designed to ensure safer working practices in the workshop. Among the products available is the Hybrid and BEV Bodyshop Safety Package (part number 60625), a set of safety products that includes workshop, vehicle, and personal safety items, as well as insulated tools and test instruments for working on hybrid and electric vehicles. The company is expanding its workshop safety product line with the launch of the new Laser EVIP 2 Immobiliser Plug. Designed for vehicles utilising a Type 2 charge socket, the Laser EVIP 2 (part number 9303) is designed to immobilise an electric vehicle by plugging directly into the socket, tricking the vehicle into thinking it is waiting for a charge. Once connected, even with the ignition on, the car cannot be driven, making it particularly useful when workshops are working on systems that require the ignition to be on, for safety in the showroom, and for vehicles undergoing service. The Laser EVIP 2 has also been developed for use by roadside recovery and emergency services, helping, where necessary, to immobilise an accident-damaged or stranded vehicle. Together with the EV tools range, there is also larger-scale workshop equipment such as an EV Battery Lifting Table (part number 8889). This 220V electro-hydraulic lifting table features a large working platform with tilt capability and is fitted with six independently adjustable insulated rubber lifting pads, making it ideal for use during the fitment or removal of EV battery packs. Alongside Laser Tools’ EV range, there is also a full range of traditional hand tools and a growing range of specialist tools designed to make difficult and awkward jobs easy. Recent additions to this range include the Universal Belt Pulley & Chain Sprocket Holding Tool (part number 9250), a holding wrench engineered to make pulley and sprocket retention quick, secure and easier to manage during loosening or tightening operations. With spring-loaded jaws, an adjustable pin centre range and four pairs of interchangeable screw pins, it’s built for repeated workshop use and the variety of fixings encountered on both modern and classic engines and hydraulic equipment. A further addition to the range is the deep magnetic sockets set (part number 9267), which combines deep-reach sockets, a spring-loaded magnet and a power-bit adaptor to prevent dropped fasteners and speed up one-handed work. Laser Tools’ range is continually updated to keep pace with manufacturers’ innovations, and feedback from technicians working on today’s motor cars is an integral part of the company’s development programme. www.lasertools.co.uk/products The new Laser EVIP 2 immobilises an EV when plugged into its charge socket The Laser Hybrid and BEV Bodyshop Safety Package Even with the ignition on, the car cannot be driven
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