Mr. Zhang has been driving an electric car for four years. During this period, he has replaced worn parts such as ball cages, oil seals, bearings, air conditioning compressors, etc., which is very convenient for maintenance. However, when it comes to sensors, batteries, electronic controls, DC/DC converters, chargers and other parts specifically for electric vehicles, it will be more troublesome. "The auto parts city doesn't have these parts at all, so we have to go to the manufacturer's 4S store to repair them." Speaking of this, Mr. Zhang is worried about future maintenance, because the warranty period of his vehicle is within five years, 100000 km or eight years, 150000 km. Once the warranty period is over, going to the 4S store to replace parts will be particularly expensive.
In fact, Mr. Zhang's worry is a microcosm of all electric vehicle owners. New energy vehicle maintenance The difficulty in maintaining expensive and new energy vehicles is a "hard bone" in the industry. How to "bite" this hard bone depends on the security system of the new energy vehicle aftermarket. The reporter learned that from the perspective of new energy vehicle maintenance field, the biggest problem is the shortage of new energy vehicle maintenance personnel.
In the trend of great changes in the automotive industry, vocational colleges also need to change the training of automotive maintenance personnel. At the second National New Energy Vehicle Key Technology Skills Competition held in October this year, teacher Li from a vocational college in Sichuan told the reporter that the school has been preparing to set up new energy vehicle maintenance courses since 2019, but no formal courses have been opened yet. The purpose of this trip is to learn and exchange.
"We plan to set up a new major, and students are also particularly interested in this field. I used to teach subjects related to traditional cars, but I started to transfer to the field of new energy vehicles in 2019." Teacher Li said that at present, in school, I mainly study through some exchange platforms and teaching software, which is still in the exploratory stage.
