If we recall how our PC world began with “Hello World!”, the next generation of EV engineers should start with “Hello Evalus!” and “Hello EVCLINIC”. EVALUS is the pioneering company in safety and consulting, offering comprehensive learning about high-voltage (HV) systems and electric vehicles. Their training blends theory with real-world experiences, developed over years by a team of experts. What we offered was EVC Academy and it is extension of specialization for each dedicated defect of the HV system, but with participants without EVAL card we encountered that training of un-skilled personel is extremely dificult and probably dangerous.
EV Clinic, previously guided informally by engineers from Rimac and Tesla, recognized the need to enhance our expertise in HV safety. We pursued Level 3 EV Access Licenses to become the first third-party workshop to offer joint trainings with expert Deniz Kartal. Together, we created a curriculum combining theory with hands-on experience and real-world repair scenarios, following HV safety protocols such as disconnecting, securing, and voltage verification. This training has set a foundation for advanced knowledge in HV systems.
Example of critical approach HV troubleshooting (DONT DO THAT):
Our step toward this partnership is simply driven by our own experience, where we have encountered that a lot of “internet” people are trying to repair EVs and mostly end up destroying the entire system. It doesn’t matter what type of system—they were guided by forums or other falsely represented members, merely copying some comments on how things should be done. What has been happening in the last 12 months is that DIYers are making a “Who Killed the Electric Car 2” scenario.
The sad reality is that DIYers are accelerating the destruction of EVs, where you now find many EVs without batteries or motors, being sold in parts. But this needs to be understood clearly to grasp why. The reason is the high price of OEM parts and the high cost of third-party repairs. Lastly, it’s driven by the “internet,” where complex problems are presented as easy, but the reality is they are extremely complex, even for us, to make them reliable and sustainable. A Model S battery defect may seem easy, but it is not—where we have only a 90% success rate and need 40-80 labor hours to complete the job. That’s why we have nearly “open-sourced” our EVC Academy, which was originally intended to train only our employees to accelerate and optimize internal operations. We see the need to offer our know-how to everyone in an effort to stop the DIY path of EV destruction.
To continue developing solutions and guidelines, we can’t offer this knowledge for free. To make our mission sustainable, we’ve opened it up for a fee to accelerate our efforts.
EVALUS is now the foundation of our mission, where every DIYer or workshop can learn the fundamentals of every HV system and EV logic. Yes, you’ll learn how every EV operates, how to trouble shoot and how to follow safety guidelines to prevent injury, damage, or secondary defects (which DIYers usually cause).
The Level 1, 2, and 3 training courses from evalus.at cover increasing levels of expertise in working with high-voltage electrical systems, particularly in the context of electric vehicles (EVs) and with EV CLINIC we evelated this with our skills and expertize based on high lvl of experience from various EV HV Systems.
- Level 1 focuses on fundamental knowledge and safety awareness for working near high-voltage components.
- Level 2 emphasizes performing basic tasks like disconnecting or replacing components in a de-energized state.
- Level 3 equips participants with skills to perform advanced work on live high-voltage components, including diagnostic and repair activities on EV powertrains
The session of trainings we organized in the EV CLINIC lab was a pilot project with EVALUS, and we now realize that every new participant of the EVC Academy will need to first complete the mandatory LVL3 EVAL CARD training. This ensures proper introduction to HV systems and operating logic before proceeding with specialized operation manual guidance for individual, extremely complex defects in EVs. We aim to set a new benchmark and standard to help DIYers and third-party workshops survive this transition, alongside EV owners.
Next appointement training for LVL1 LVL2 and LVL3 EVAL Card expert training is booked for 2025 February – max 12 participants.
Example of wrong bolt torque on Model S battery from Germany:
