Cost and coverage
Which repair costs could coverage help with?
An EV's battery, drive unit and charging hardware can be costly to repair. Those differ from the major repair costs on a combustion car, and factory battery protection may continue long after basic coverage ends.
The 4 benchmarks in this category put parts between $500 and $25,000.
Modeled labor ranges from 3 to 24 hours. At the $148 median metro rate, that is roughly $443 to $3,543 before parts.
Compare any extra plan with the manufacturer's battery and EV-component coverage first. A generic powertrain contract may exclude the high-voltage system entirely.