Repairing an electric vehicle at a frame store prices up to 30% extra

Repair fees for electric motors are on common higher by using a percent among +18% and +30% compared to combustion engine vehicles. This is stated with the aid of Federcarrozzieri, the association of Italian body shops, in step with which electric cars should be made secure as soon as they enter a frame shop, and to try this there ought to be at least one qualified worker with a licence Pes-Pav; system which inevitably entails extra prices for operators and consequently for motorists.

Then, there isthe particular electronics that represent these automobiles and which leads to longer (and more costly) activities for disassembly, reassembly, replacement, programming, recalibration, etc. “For some new generation electric powered vehicles – it is particular – there is 60% greater electronics as compared to traditional motors”.

“The frame stores should consequently always evolve and replace to cope with the converting marketplace, resorting to specialised personnel and increasingly more complicated instrumentation, with a enormous increase within the expenses borne by them which therefore determines a exponential growth in repair prices of automobiles – explains the president of Federcarrozzieri, Davide Galli – We ask the Government to intrude to protect the category of body repairers, additionally through centered interventions aimed at fighting illegality, unlawful interest and improvised activities which, mainly on electric powered vehicles, carry out ‘low value’ paintings now not in a workmanlike way, putting street safety and the protection of motorists at chance.”