An Ontario man said he couldn’t believe an electric car he bought three years ago for $20,000 would need a new battery at a cost of more than $33,000.
Jakl bought a 2018 Chevrolet Volt Hybrid three years ago and he said when the car was just over 161,000 km, which is just outside its warranty period, it stopped working…
EVs require new set of skills for mechanics: expert
As the automotive industry moves towards electric vehicles there is also a great need to have knowledgeable mechanics to work on them.
Chris Muir is an automotive professor at Centennial College, the largest automotive school in Canada for training auto mechanics.
Muir gave a refresher course to faculty at the college about some of the safety requirements needed when working on an electric car and said the college has been updating its curriculum to teach new mechanics about EV repairs.
“There has probably been a bit of a drought of training for electric vehicles particularly in the aftermarket,” said Muir. “We have to train technicians that are used to working on mechanical repairs how to work on new electrical software-driven machines. It’s a challenge, but we offer the training for it.”
Muir said EVs require a new set of skills for mechanics and those used to working on combustion engines without proper training could misdiagnose repairs, especially in the case of software updates.