Dutch students unveil an electric car you can diagnose and repair yourself

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Dutch students unveil an electric car you can diagnose and repair yourself  What if your electric car didn’t need a mechanic? Built by students in the Netherlands, a new electric car is designed to be easily dismantled and repaired by its owner.  READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2026/01/20/dutch-students-unveil-an-electric-car-you-can-diagnose-and-repair-yourself  Euronews Next is a future-focused news section covering global innovation, science and technology with a European perspective. Our dedicated team of journalists aims to educate and inspire today’s leaders by providing them with analysis and insights into the people and organisations shaping our future

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00:21With the diagnostics app that we made for our car, you can simply plug in the car into your phone using a USB-C cable

00:27and it will very quickly identify that it is connected and that you can see here that the throttle pedal is currently not responding.

00:34From this we know how to fix it, all the tools we need and we will quickly be able to get it going and have our car working again.

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00:51Of course every car can be repaired, but what we see is that there is a real necessity for specialised knowledge,

00:57especially with electric vehicles nowadays.

01:00So what we really try to do is that we give the consumer the power to repair their own car.

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01:11So you press and open and then you'll find the modules.

01:15What you can do is only release one plug, then you can pull the battery out like this.

01:21And it's very easy to do, by yourself, with your hand.

01:26Yeah, anyone can do this.

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