Independent maintenance and repair company mycar Tire & Autoformerly known as Kmart Tire & Auto, is upgrading some of its stores across Australia to offer electric vehicle (EV) service.
Mycar currently has eight locations across Australia billed as EV-ready, but plans to upgrade to 22 more by August this year, bringing the total number of EV-ready locations to 30. the point.
In addition to the typical logbook service, these 30 sites will offer “mycar EV” service packages. The specifics surrounding these EV service packs are still unclear. We don’t know the price, term, plus what’s and isn’t covered.
The Kangan Institute is training and upskilling technicians so they can maintain electric vehicles and assist electric vehicle owners, as part of an upgrade to make 30 electric vehicle service centers mine is always ready to go.
To date 35 technicians have been trained and enhanced by the Melbourne-based educational institution.
In addition, all 276 mycar service centers were able to assist electric vehicle owners with their general inquiries in areas such as tyres, window wipers and globes.
The company also said it was “investing heavily” in its own electric vehicle network across Australia through “further outfitting its stores” and adding more electric vehicle chargers at its centres. service.
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“The electric vehicle market in Australia is growing and we want to make sure our customers have a trusted automotive specialist ready to provide quality service for whatever vehicle they own – electric, hybrid. , petrol or diesel,” said mycar chief executive Adam Pay.
The following is a list of all 30 EV-ready service centers that mycar expects to upgrade by August 2022:
Australian Capital Territory
New South Wales
- Brookvale
- Chatswood
- Hurstville
- Pagewood Eastgardens
- Parramatta
- Seven Hills
- Wollongong
Queensland
- Head of Burleigh
- Cairns
- Garden City
- Mt Ommaney
- Stafford
- Pimpama
South Australia
- City of Adelaide
- Churchill Center
- Reynella
Tasmania
Victoria
- Doncaster
- Hartwell
- reservoir
- South Melbourne
- Waverley Garden
- Werribee
Western Australia
- Baldivis
- Booragoon
- East Perth
- Joondalup
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The rise of this independent EV repair and maintenance service is an important step in creating a a competitive and fair playing field between OEMs and third party repairers.
When the Competition and Consumer Amendment Act (motor vehicle service and repair information sharing scheme) of 2021 begins July 1, OEMs will be required to provide service Proprietary and repair data for independent repair businesses nationwide.
We point out that many brands already sell their data, but the law will mandate it.
As detailed earlier, Australian partner BYD EVDirect.com plans to use mycar as official service partner. This in addition to a Retail and service partnership with Eagers Automotive dealer group.
BYD is expected to start delivering its first EV model, Atto 3in the Australian market from July 2022.
This is not the first time mycar has turned around recently, having announced a agree to do official service and warranty work for AusMV – Queensland-based company that reproduces Dodge, Ford and Ram vehicles locally.
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