Research Shows EV Repair is Becoming Cheaper
A recently published German study reveals that electric vehicle repair costs are falling as EV adoption increases and electric cars become more common. The research found that the gap between electric vehicle and internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicle repair costs has narrowed over the past year, indicating that insurers and repair shops are gaining much-needed experience in the growing EV repair segment. When battery electric vehicles (BEVs) first launched, the scarcity of technicians with EV repair experience, coupled with high insurance coverage costs, made repairing electric cars prohibitively expensive. Most mechanics had never worked with electric cars, and the few…
