You know that old school neighborhood garage that would always fix your car right the first time, quickly, and at a fair price? That’s these guys, but for the EVs and Hybrids most independent auto shops can’t handle. Admittedly, I still go to the dealership for anything under warranty, but everything else, and basic diagnostics, I go to Car Nerds. I’ve seen them multiple times but here’s my last visit and a perfect example: My full EV needed a new 12volt (small) battery. You can pick one up in five minutes for $175-250 at Autozone. If you have a gas car they’ll even put it in for free but they don’t do EVs and hybrids in store. You go to the dealership, you have to buy their battery at $260+, have an additional $300 in service cost, if you have the coupon, otherwise it’s more, and they’ll get to your car when they get to your car possibly the next day, and only after they do diagnostics. If you get an inspection but no service at the dealer, it’s $347. And their battery’s warranty is just the manufacturer warranty. Even at the dealership you’d have to reach out to the battery brand anyway. I called Car Nerds, they said “You’re bringing in your own battery? That’s like 20 minutes of labor. So $59 and change. You’ll have to wait until we get to a stopping point on our bigger work, but you should be in and out in an hour, hour and a half tops. Stop by anytime.” And I was. Even stopping at Autozone on the way there, whole thing took about an hour and cost less than half than a dealership. Faster. Better. Cheaper.