"The more electrified a vehicle becomes, usually the costs become higher and the systems become more complicate and interconnected," Ryan Mandell of Mitchell says. "As you remove that internal combustion engine from a vehicle, you now have things that are being accomplished solely by semiconductors and digital communications." (Credit: National Transportation Safety Board)

As electric vehicles (EVs) increasingly make up a larger share of vehicles on the road, and in turn a larger share of cars involved in accidents, the impact on repair shops and auto insurers will be indelible.

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