The Real Reason EV Repairs Are So Expensive
Insurers are demanding perfectly good EVs be scrapped, or hiking repair bills from $1,000 to $15,000 for seemingly no good reason. There’s a solution, and it’s in the hands of car companies.
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Insurers are demanding perfectly good EVs be scrapped, or hiking repair bills from $1,000 to $15,000 for seemingly no good reason. There’s a solution, and it’s in the hands of car companies.
The year-over-year decrease continues a trend that started in Q2, but is still significantly higher than the same quarter in 2021 and 2020.
Tesla repairs cost $1,347 more than combustion vehicles and $1,078 more than non-Tesla EVs in the previous quarter.
Tesla owners will sacrifice more when it comes to an unfortunate reality of ownership.
Your EV crash repair be just $269 more on average, per a new report. Unless your EV is a Tesla.