Upgrading electric cars for greater battery pack repairability

The European collective that extends the life of electric vehicles by advocating for their repairability and upgradability

Upgrade

Optimize and extend the life of your electric vehicle

Reduce environmental impact through repairability

Promote circular economy and energy efficiency

Ecology

Innovation

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Why the Upgrade Club ?

Today, electric vehicles are often doomed to obsolescence as soon as their battery starts to weaken.

Access to parts, software, and data too often makes the repair of traction batteries either impossible or prohibitively expensive, sometimes costing up to 300% of the vehicle’s market value.

As a result, many electric vehicles are declared total losses due to battery issues, even though technical solutions exist but remain illegal today.

The outcome : massive resource waste, increased industrial dependency, and job losses across local repair and recycling sectors.

The Upgrade Club brings together all those who want to change this: manufacturers, repairers, leasing companies, associations, public institutions, and experts, to make legal repair and upgrading of electric vehicles possible throughout Europe.

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Advocate for the recognition of the right to upgrade at the European level

Make upgrade accessible to as many electric vehicles as possible

Enable affordable upgrades to reduce the number of vehicles sent for destruction due to battery failures and extend their lifespan

Provide access to data and components for battery and repair industry stakeholders who wish to carry out upgrades

Raise awareness about upgrade issues among individuals, professionals, and national and European public authorities

Demonstrate, through Life Cycle Assessments and other detailed impact studies, the benefits of upgrade in combating climate change

Establish a common framework of safety and quality standards for all European upgrade actors

Our objectives

Garages, manufacturers, equipment suppliers, insurers, associations, and energy transition stakeholders already involved in electric mobility.

Joining the Club means supporting a collective and credible movement, born in France and carried forward in Brussels.

The first members of the Upgrade Club represent the entire repair and circular economy sector :

Independent repairers specialized in battery systems
Fleet managers and leasing companies
Insurers committed to managing battery-related costs and risks
Industrial and institutional players in the automotive sector
and more broadly, everyone working to extend the life of electric and hybrid vehicle batteries

Our members

Are you a NGO, a company, or a federation?

Membership allows you to:

Receive analyses and strategic notes
Contribute to public statements and communication initiatives
Take part in joint actions with political stakeholders involved in upgrade policy
Be recognized as a committed actor for an open and accessible upgrade ecosystem

Are you an individual?

You can follow the project by subscribing to the newsletter and also help us by completing the survey.

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Give your opinion on the upgrade

When purchasing a car, I would prefer an electric model that can be upgraded over one that cannot.

If my range could improve over time, would I keep my electric vehicle longer?

To extend the life of my electric car (current or future), I would be willing to pay to increase its range.

⚡Can you list the reasons that motivate you to change vehicles?

85% agree

The cost of a repair
The fear of the coming repair costs

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About us

The Upgrade Club is an initiative launched by the young company Revolte, supported by the founding members (leasers, big fleet, insurance companies...)

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Last news

October 2025 :
- exchanges with the european commission
- creation of this website
- reveal of "Josette" at EquipAuto, a french repair fair, a "106 years old" electric car with an immersive experience