Thatcham Research will lead a five-month investigation into EV repair and salvage processes to help insurance companies prepare for the post-ICE era.
The safety specialist has received funding for the project from Innovate UK, the government-backed national innovation agency.
The non-profit firm, which helps to run the Euro NCAP crash-testing program, claims that little is currently known about how the repair and insurance processes work for EVs and how they differ from those for ICE cars.
The research project will initially focus on identifying differences in the workflow between EVs and ICE vehicles, as well as potential “pain points”.
