Electric and hybrid vehicles require specialized knowledge and equipment for safe, proper collision repairs. At Regal Repair, our highly trained technicians understand the unique components and high-voltage systems found in these vehicles.
We provide specialized EV and hybrid collision repair using genuine parts, advanced equipment, and strict safety procedures. From body repairs to battery system inspections, our team is equipped to handle the complexities of modern electric and hybrid vehicles.
With more than a dozen certifications and a strong reputation for customer service, you can trust Regal Repair to restore your vehicle properly and help get you safely back on the road.
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If your electric or hybrid vehicle has experienced a collision or requires bodywork, trust our experts to restore it to its optimal condition. Schedule an appointment with us today to experience top-tier service tailored for the modern automotive era.
An electric vehicle isn't a gas car with a different engine. The high-voltage system, the battery pack, and the way the body is built all change what a collision repair involves — and a shop that treats it like any other car is a problem. Here's what changes.
Before anyone touches the body, the high-voltage system is de-energized and locked out — the service disconnect is pulled and the system is left for the manufacturer-specified period so the capacitors fully discharge. Only then does work begin, with insulated tools and rated protective equipment.
This isn't optional and it isn't quick. A shop that skips it is risking your car and its own technicians.
Any impact to the underbody — a kerb, road debris, a low obstacle — can damage the pack enclosure without leaving a mark you'd notice. Manufacturers specify inspection after certain impacts for that reason.
This matters more than it sounds: an assumed-damaged pack is often what turns a repairable car into an insurance write-off.
A damaged lithium-ion pack can experience a thermal event hours or even days after the collision. Industry guidance is to keep a vehicle with a suspected pack issue outdoors, a set distance from buildings and other vehicles, and monitored.
If your EV has taken a significant underbody hit, don't park it in your garage while you decide what to do. Leave it outside and away from the house.
The pack isn't just bolted underneath — on a growing number of models it's part of the structure. That restricts what can be sectioned or straightened near it, and some manufacturers prohibit certain repairs in that zone outright.
Heat is also limited near the pack, which rules out techniques that are routine on a gas car.
EVs lean heavily on aluminum, ultra-high-strength steel and large single-piece castings to offset battery weight. Each is repaired differently, several can't be heated, and some castings are replace-only rather than repairable.
Aluminum also has to be worked in a bay isolated from steel, or embedded particles cause corrosion months later.
EVs generally carry more cameras, radar and ultrasonic sensors than comparable gas cars, and many of them live in the front fascia and windshield. Removing a bumper on an EV is usually a calibration job as well as a body job.
Skipping it leaves lane keeping, adaptive cruise and automatic braking reading the road incorrectly.
Most EVs must be moved on a flatbed. Towing with two wheels on the ground can damage the drive units, because the motors keep turning and generating. If you're arranging a tow, say the vehicle is electric — and if you'd rather not deal with it, our pickup service handles it.
EV repairs generally take longer than the equivalent job on a gas car, and it's worth knowing why rather than being surprised: the high-voltage shutdown and restart procedures take time on both ends, battery inspection adds a step, calibration adds another, and EV-specific parts are more prone to backorder.
We'll give you a realistic date at the estimate rather than an optimistic one, and tell you the same day if a part delays it.
EV or hybrid damage? Send us photos and we'll tell you what it needs.
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Our clients trust Regal Repair for quality, transparency, and exceptional service. From start to finish, we're committed to delivering a smooth repair experience and results that exceed expectations-every time."
Gold Class obliges every technician involved in collision repair to complete training every single year: hidden damage, repair-versus-replace decisions, airbag and seatbelt inspection, and technology that did not exist last model year.
What Gold Class requires
Our technicians hold I-CAR Platinum recognition and ASE certification. Completed repairs are documented against the vehicle's VIN and secured for the life of the car, so a future buyer or appraiser can see exactly how the work was done.
How Certified Repair documentation worksManufacturer certification means the automaker has audited Regal Repair's tooling, technician training and documented repair procedures against its own requirements. BMW, MINI and Tesla work is handled as a specialisation rather than under a manufacturer certification programme, and is labelled that way here. All manufacturer logos and trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
All insurance claims accepted
Our certified estimators coordinate directly with your adjuster: the estimate, the supplement for hidden damage, the photographs and the repair documentation. Regal Repair is independent of every insurer on this list, so the repair plan is written to the manufacturer's procedure, not to a claims target.
How our claim assistance worksClaims staff on call 24/7
Call the police and get a report number, photograph the scene and the other vehicle, and collect witness details before anyone leaves. Then call us — we can start the claim, arrange the tow and speak to your insurer before you do.
(818) 505-1442These are the carriers our estimators work with most often — but we accept every insurance claim, whether or not your insurer appears here, and you are free to choose your own repair facility regardless of what a carrier suggests. Regal Repair is not an agent of, and is not endorsed by, any insurance company listed. All insurer logos and trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
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