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NEW MOBILE INSPECTION TEAM
WILL ASSESS BATTERIES POST-ACCIDENT
AFTER AN ACCIDENT
GWM ORA, part of International
Motors, has launched a new in-house
battery inspection and evaluation
initiative to support its existing
aftersales operations and third-party
repairers in the UK.
This newly formed, dedicated
technical team will provide 昀椀eld based
assistance, offering manufacturer
guidance on the status and repairability
of traction batteries after a reported
customer collision or accident.
GWM ORA – which recently achieved
a key sales milestone with 1,000
vehicles now on UK roads – has a
growing core retail infrastructure 18
trusted dealers and hopes this new
initiative will decrease unnecessary
wastage of batteries after very minor
accidents, which may have only caused
cosmetic damage to the vehicle.
Technical experts will provide a full
assessment and report on the status of
the battery, and if required, make the
necessary arrangements to transport
the vehicle safely and then refurbish it
to manufacturer standards.
THATCHAM
RESEARCH
AND CHERY
ANNOUNCE
LANDMARK
PARTNERSHIP
TO EMBED
‘INSURABILITY’
AS PRIMARY
VEHICLE DESIGN
ATTRIBUTE
Thatcham Research signed a strategic
partnership with Chery Automobile,
one of China’s leading vehicle
manufacturers – a 昀椀rst of its kind for the
automotive risk intelligence company,
as it continues its mission to integrate
repairability into early-stage vehicle
design. The new partnership represents
a pivotal shift towards a more
sustainable and consumer-centric
approach in automotive design,
spearheading a movement towards
vehicles that successfully balance
innovation and insurability.
The insurability imperative is
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increasingly vital against a backdrop
of rising insurance costs and a rapidly
transforming automotive landscape.
Driven by the introduction of new
vehicle technology from electric
powertrains to ADAS, the advent
of greater vehicle complexity is
happening at a time when the industry
is already navigating a critical repair
skills shortage.
Ben Townsend, Thatcham Research
head of automotive said, “The goal is
to ensure that Chery vehicles coming
off the production line are as insurable
as they are innovative, bridging the
gap between cutting-edge design and
practicality in maintenance and repair.”
The project will see Thatcham Research
automotive risk intelligence specialists
collaborating with Chery engineers to
make recommendations on potential
enhancements to vehicle design, based
on reporting of vehicle damageability
performance against international
RCAR standards. The partnership will
also include dedicated vehicle research
with a view to producing BS10125
compliant repair methods to service
the most common repairs required in
the UK and European market.
THE ASSESSORS JOURNAL | SPRING 2024 | www.iaea-online.org/news/the-assessor
