Insights Into EV And Hybrid Repair | BK Listings Automotive News

The Toyota Prius is arguably the most successful hybrid car ever created and with millions now on the road auto body repair shops will ignore developing an expertise in Prius and other hybrid and electric cars at the peril of their top line. Nearly every established car manufacturer throughout Europe, America, and Asia has hybrid or electric vehicles in their current product lines. It doesn?t take a master technician to realize that these vehicles will have new technologies that auto body repair and service shops will need to understand and master in order to repair those systems properly.

This includes, most importantly, the electrical systems of these new vehicles. With electric and hybrid cars there are two different types of electrical systems within the car acting simultaneously. The first is the traditional 12-volt system that powers the lights and other electrical accessories of the car. The other is a high voltage system that takes the energy stored in the batteries and delivers it to the wheels.? Without an in-depth understanding of this second system it is possible for the technician to become seriously injured, if not killed, by improperly handling the voltage.? This makes understanding these cars and their new systems even more critical.

Apart from the knowledge needed concerning the hybrid/electric vehicle?s electrical system, auto body repair shops need also to be updated in regard to the steels being used by automobile manufacturers for both hybrid/electrical and traditional vehicles. The Toyota Prius, for example, took driver safety just as seriously as fuel efficiency. Using high strength steel to manufacture certain safety-critical structural features, the Prius passes offset deformable barrier tests as well as dynamic side impact tests with very high marks. Other tests the Prius has undergone and passed include full-frontal collision, rollover, and rear moving barrier. In order to pass all these tests, Toyota has designed into the Prius a high integrity passenger cell with deformable and energy-absorbing crash structures front and rear.

As with most new vehicles on the market, this use of high-strength and alloyed steel and complicated structures has, simply put, made the job of auto body repair shops harder and more critical than ever.? Additional trainings and tools will become necessary as the automobile market continues to advance.? ?But for forward-thinking managers, these new technologies represent an opportunity to gain an edge over the competition and to increase the top and bottom lines. This is an opportunity to establish a first-movers advantage where, all else equal, you maintain the title as foremost expert even when your competitors catch up to you.

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We hope this article shed a little bit more light on the extremely exciting market of hybrid and electric vehicles.? No matter what type of car you have we?re sure we can find a great shop on our site, bklistings.com.? And if you?re in the market for a new hybrid or electric vehicle be sure to check out our affiliate site bkbuysell.com.? As always, we?d love to help any way we can.? Until next time patrons.? Drive safe.

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