{"id":7777,"date":"2024-12-02T15:44:51","date_gmt":"2024-12-02T14:44:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fmgbrakes.com\/remsa\/?p=7777"},"modified":"2024-12-02T15:44:51","modified_gmt":"2024-12-02T14:44:51","slug":"which-is-more-expensive-to-repair-after-an-accident-an-electric-car-or-a-combustion-engine-car","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fmgbrakes.com\/remsa\/which-is-more-expensive-to-repair-after-an-accident-an-electric-car-or-a-combustion-engine-car\/","title":{"rendered":"Which is more expensive to repair after an accident, an electric car or a combustion engine car?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The arrival of the electric car has been worrying the automotive repair industry for years. <strong>Traditionally, it has been said that these types of cars require less maintenance than traditional internal combustion cars<\/strong>. The smaller number of components has also been cited as a problem, although the higher technology can compensate for this. It\u2019s like moving from repairing mechanical parts to repairing control units, sensors and computers.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>WHAT HAPPENS IF THE CAR IS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>How does it affect the cost of repair? All these questions were answered by two studies conducted in the United States and Canada. Specifically, data collected in both countries by Mitchell, a software company for repair workshops, shows that <strong>the cost of repairing an electric car is about the same as repairing a car with a combustion engine<\/strong>. With one exception: if that car is a <strong>Tesla<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>IS IT MORE EXPENSIVE TO REPAIR AN ELECTRIC CAR THAN A COMBUSTION ENGINE CAR?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The<strong> average cost of repairing<\/strong> a crashed internal combustion engine car was <strong>4,000 euros<\/strong>, while the average cost of repairing an electric car was around <strong>900 euros<\/strong> more in the US and 1,300 euros more in Canada. According to the study, this is because Tesla vehicles cost <strong>27% more<\/strong> to repair, with an average price of 5,175 euros, which the study attributes to the \u201ccutting-edge safety and connectivity technology\u201d in this type of vehicle, as well as the scarcity of the brand\u2019s spare parts.<\/p>\n<p>However, if Elon Musk\u2019s brand is excluded, the difference between the cost of repairing an electric car in the US and an internal combustion engine in the event of an accident is only 254 euros, or 6%.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, the study shows that electric vehicles are less likely to be declared as claims than their internal combustion counterparts. In the second quarter of 2023, only 10.31% of electric vehicles were classified as claims, compared to 13.11% of combustion vehicles.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe reduced presence of parts reduces the likelihood of an electric vehicle\u2019s powertrain being compromised in an accident. However, certain components such as ADAS may be affected due to an advanced level of interconnectivity,\u201d the report notes.<\/p>\n<p>Another consequence is that the use of OEM parts is higher in electric vehicles than in internal combustion vehicles, at 90.75% compared to 66.5%. The number of repaired parts, in fact, is only 13% compared to 19% for combustion vehicles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A study in the US and Canada shows that the cost difference between repairing an electric car and an internal combustion engine car is small (6%), with the exception of the Tesla, which costs 27% more to repair.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":7778,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false},"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<title>Which is more expensive to repair after an accident, an electric car or a combustion engine car? - Remsa<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Repairing an electric car after an accident is about the same as repairing an internal combustion engine car, unless it is a Tesla.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fmgbrakes.com\/remsa\/which-is-more-expensive-to-repair-after-an-accident-an-electric-car-or-a-combustion-engine-car\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Which is more expensive to repair after an accident, an electric car or a combustion engine car? 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