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    1.5 million EVs were sold in India in 2023. But who will repair them?

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    The electric vehicle ecosystem is developing fast in the country. But a shortage of trained personnel to repair these vehicles can hinder the pace of this growth.

    Kumar Rao’s work and earnings have taken a sharp turn to the right side. From whizzing around Bengaluru as an on-call type puncture repairman, the 27-year-old Rao now also repairs electric vehicles.“Earlier, it used to be just dealing with car punctures and fixing tubes. But now I can fix things in an electric vehicle, right from repairing the GPS and dashcam to the car speakers,” says Rao, who has a diploma in mechanical engineering but had to
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