While third-party protection market space continues to be released as a large number of insurances are released, there is a marked differentiation among the actors involved in the industry: the chain-to-carrying platform, with its original co-operation, equipment and talent advantage, is being repaired in three places, while small maintenance companies are being more constrained to take on basic support only。
According to industry sources, the “security threshold” for maintenance cannot be ignored. Joining a car chain platform, enhancing skills training or becoming a viable direction for smaller maintenance companies to break down。
Third-party maintenance enterprise performance split
“only a few small items, such as maintenance, chassis, exchange of tyres, filtration, etc., can be repaired.” 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 stated that the current maintenance was “not going to work”。
The star of tabo automobile technology ltd. (known as "taibao star") located in beijing's five-tien heaven gardens is a door shop dedicated to maintenance. Mr. Zhao, a shop maintenance worker, told reporters that the main problem facing the company's current maintenance operations is the access to accessories and the technical “control” of the factory. 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 maintenance companies, a chain-to-car platform, such as a tiger-to-traffic vehicle and a car-to-car, has taken the lead in initiating third-party electricity maintenance operations after insurance, based on advantages of size, repair talent, resources, etc。
The president of the tread tiger cars, hu xiaodong, previously indicated that in 2025, the number of users of the tread tiger cars trade amounted to 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 disclosed that the company had initiated a practical exploration of off-guard operations in response to the need for maintenance of high-pressure components for the new vehicle type of insurance, with 14 standardized specialized projects being launched by the end of 2025, and that it had established cooperation with specialized upstream manufacturers to start the development of three-brand parts for the new vehicle type。
In the retrofitted membrane shop and technology centre, which opened last year, a number of new maintenance technicians, equipped with battery packs such as undamaged workstations, electrical dynamic testing counters, have been able to perform battery pack maintenance “on-day repairs, lifts the next day”. This technology centre is a key step in upgrading the system of after-sales services to specialized industries. “the head of car maintenance stated that:。
Small maintenance companies face a “security threshold”
More integrated and digital than fuel trucks. In interviews, businesses feared that maintenance without authorization might 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 requirement that the non-officially authorized acts of protection, modifications, etc., during the quality insurance period be regarded as automatic abandonment of the three power systems and of the whole vehicle, shen li ping indicated that the relevant provisions made it clear that the operator may not restrict the choice of the enterprise to maintain and maintain the household car product, and as a reason for refusing to assume three packages of liability。
While the requirements of the car enterprise protection are within a certain range or are invalid clauses, the safety requirements of maintenance are a threshold that cannot be overlooked to prevent small maintenance companies from entering the service。
Journalists noted that no electric bicycles had been stopped at the beijing five-tang tianan park, which had 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 between 2025 and 2032, more than 20 million batteries will expire. There are only 20,000 to 30,000 existing repair companies in our country, and only 2 per cent of repair plants have the capacity to repair the three power systems。
The secretary-general of the chinese automotive maintenance industry association, diyanbin, stated earlier that maintenance enterprises needed to speed up the upgrading of high-voltage operating equipment, technological capability of the three electrical appliances, digital applications and safety management systems to meet the new demands for maintenance services。
The market space for maintenance is vast, but the skills for maintenance are scarce. “as of now, maintenance personnel need the relevant qualifications to be on board, the company has been recruiting for two months and no suitable personnel has been found.” according to mr. Choi, head of insein wang xinxiang technology ltd., beijing。
“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。
Car chaining platforms have been developed and recruited through the training of specialists in maintenance techniques for over 4,000 technicians through the self-built “tread tiger automotive school” and have been certified as low-voltage electricians by more than 1,200 of them, and recently contracted with 10 higher education institutions to establish a systematic talent retention system through cooperation with school establishments。
The interim scheme for the management of used and integrated use, which was implemented on 1 april this year, requires that power cell enterprises provide power cell codes and the necessary dismantling technology information to relevant producers, motor vehicle repair companies, etc. At the same time, production enterprises are required to provide timely and effective access to 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. Car support and cooperation, double brand shops, conservation pilots in beijing, shanghai, etc。
Industry sources have indicated that small maintenance companies are more passive than chained vehicles, but that there is a more pragmatic path to breaking down by strengthening the training of skilled maintenance professionals and acquiring the required qualifications for repairing the chained vehicles, or by supplementing three electric panels by small car repair companies。
