As a large number of new energy vehicles continue to be insured and third-party protection market space continues to be released, there is a marked division among the actors involved in the industry: the chain-to-car platform, with the cooperation of its original plant, equipment and talent advantage, is used for three power repairs, while small maintenance companies are more constrained to carry only basic protection。
According to industry sources, the “safety threshold” for the maintenance of new energy vehicles cannot be ignored. Joining the car chaining platform, enhancing skills training or becoming a viable direction for small new energy vehicle repair companies to break down。
Third-party maintenance enterprise performance split
“only a few small items can be repaired, such as air conditioning, chassis, tire replacement, filtration, etc.” some enterprises have electronicized after-sale processes starting with lift cars, and we have no authority to repair this piece.”
The economics reference reporter recently visited a number of small car repair companies in beijing, and many of the staff interviewed said that the new energy vehicle was currently “failed”。
The star of taebao automobile technology ltd. (known as "taibo star") located at the beijing five-tien tianya motor service park, is a door shop dedicated to the maintenance of new energy vehicles. Mr. Zhao, a door shop maintenance worker, told reporters that the main problem facing the company in carrying out its new energy car maintenance business is the “control” of accessories and plant technology. This means that the star of taebao, despite its maintenance qualifications, is unable to carry out related operations。
"we don't move the core parts. What we can do now is coordinate the coherency of the cores, such as discharge for the high voltage cores and charging for the low voltage cores." mr. Zhao said。
Consistency is understood to mean the proximity of the cores to key performance indicators such as voltage, capacity, internal resistance, temperature properties, etc., in the same batch or battery. Poor core consistency affects battery performance and battery lifetime, and may also trigger a concentration of heat within the battery, thereby affecting battery stability and safety。
Unlike small-scale maintenance companies, road tiger-raising vehicles, kyoto-based vehicle chains, etc., have taken the lead in initiating third-party third-party third-party energy vehicle tri-electric maintenance operations based on size advantages, repair talent advantages, resource advantages, etc。
President hu xiaodong previously indicated that in 2025, the number of new energy car subscribers for the motor vehicle was 4. 27 million, an increase of about 60 per cent over the same period. By mid-april of this year, the cumulative repair power cells for the tiger-raising vehicles had reached nearly 100,000, which are enterprises with a capacity to repair the three power lines of scale in independent third-party platforms。
In addition, it was revealed that the company had initiated a practical exploration of off-guard operations in response to the need for maintenance of high-pressure components of the new energy vehicle-type, with 14 standardized specialized projects coming on line by the end of 2025, and that the company had established cooperation with specialized upstream manufacturers to start the development of three-brand components dedicated to the new energy vehicle-type。
In a major membrane shop and technology centre, which opened last year, there are a number of new energy maintenance technicians, equipped with battery packs such as undamaged workstations, electrical dynamic testing counters, etc., which have made it possible to repair the battery packs “for the day, lift the next day”. This technology centre is a key step in upgrading the after-sale service system of kyoto-based cars to new energy vehicles.” according to the head of kyoto-based car operations。
Small maintenance companies face a “security threshold”
New energy vehicles are more integrated and digitized than fuel cars. In interviews, businesses were concerned that the maintenance of new energy vehicles without authorization could give rise to legal disputes。
“in order to protect intellectual property rights, such as technical secrets, data, etc., and also to ensure the safety of motor vehicles, it is necessary to establish certain competencies to achieve data and security controls.” commenting on the case of the “invisibility” of the accounts of the car company and the factory, mr. Shen li ping, a lawyer at the beijing china shipping law office, indicated。
In response, mr. Zhao also expressed his understanding that: “the software written by the manufacturer is considered at various levels, including safety, renewal and so forth. We do not have the data they provide, and if the electronic data are rewritten, there may be safety risks, such as car battery fire.”
“however, controls on data and safety must be limited and not go beyond legitimate and reasonable limits, let alone for the purpose of achieving monopoly maintenance and forced tying.” shen ping added。
With regard to the reference made by the enterprises interviewed to the need for some new energy vehicle protections to be regarded as automatic waivers of the triple power system and whole vehicle protection during the quality insurance period, such as unofficially authorized protections, modifications and so forth, shen li ping indicated that the relevant provisions made it clear that the operator could not restrict the choice of an enterprise for the maintenance and maintenance of domestic car products by the consumer, as a reason for refusing to assume three packages of liability。
While the requirements for car protection are within a certain range or are invalid clauses, the safety requirements for the maintenance of new energy vehicles are not negligible as a barrier to entry for small new energy vehicle maintenance companies。
Journalists noted that no electric bicycles had been parked at the beijing five tianya motors service, a total area of 200,000 square metres. The park staff explained that this was for security reasons. For enterprises in the park such as taebao, there are also fire-fighting, maintenance and disposal equipment requirements for the plant。
Demand increases and supplies are low
The data show that from 2025 to 2032, we will have more than 20 million new energy vehicles that will have a battery guarantee expired. However, there are only 20,000 to 30,000 new energy vehicle maintenance businesses in our country, and only 2 per cent of repair plants have the capacity to maintain the three power systems。
The secretary-general of the chinese automotive maintenance industry association, diyanbin, has recently indicated that the maintenance enterprise needs to accelerate the upgrading of high-voltage operating equipment, third-power technological capabilities, digitization applications and safety management systems to meet the new demands for new energy vehicle maintenance services。
The market for new energy vehicle maintenance is vast, but new energy vehicle maintenance skills are scarce. “now, new energy vehicle maintenance staff need the relevant qualifications to be on duty, companies have been recruited for two months and no suitable personnel have been found.” mr. Choi, head of insein wang new energy technology ltd., beijing, stated that。
“the difficulty and focus of the after-sale service system is on people.” zhang yanhua, president of the chinese association of automobile maintenance industries, stated that the knowledge structure and level of competence of the available skilled personnel did not meet the maintenance requirements of electric cars and that it was urgent to strengthen the workforce。
The chained vehicle platform has been trained and recruited to provide technical expertise: through a self-built “tread tiger automotive school”, the tread tiger cars have completed training in new energy vehicle maintenance techniques for over 4,000 technicians, of whom over 1,200 have been certified as low-voltage electricians; and the kyoto bus have recently been contracted with 10 higher education institutions to establish a systematic system of talent recruitment and retention through collaboration with schools。
The interim scheme for the recycling and integrated use of used and end-of-life motor batteries in new energy vehicles, which was implemented on 1 april this year, requires that power battery enterprises provide new energy car-driven battery codes and the necessary dismantling technology information to relevant new energy vehicle producers, motor vehicle repair companies and others. At the same time, it is required that new energy vehicle producers should make available timely and efficient information on vehicle maintenance technologies in accordance with the relevant national regulations. This requirement provides a basis for compliance by third-party maintenance companies in the preservation and dismantling of power cells。
Prior to the landing of the scheme, the tmvps continued to work with over a dozen mainstream battery enterprises and the whole plant to obtain authorized technical support and spare parts from the original plant. In collaboration with the ningdé era, kyingdong cars have been set up to pilot new energy vehicle maintenance in beijing and shanghai。
Industry sources suggest that the small new energy vehicle maintenance company is more passive than the chained cars platform, but that it is a more pragmatic path to complete three power repair panels and eventually to break down by strengthening the technical skills of the new energy motors maintenance service, and acquiring a warrant for maintenance of the chained motors platform。
