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A team of students from the Eindhoven University of Technology in the Netherlands has built a prototype electric car with a built-in toolbox and components that can be easily repaired or replaced without specialist knowledge. The university's TU/ecomotive group describes its ARIA concept as "a modular electric city car that you can repair yourself". ARIA, which stands for Anyone Repairs It Anywhere, is constructed using standardized components including a battery, body panels and internal electronic elements that can be easily removed and replaced. With assistance from an instruction manual and a diagnostics app, users should be able to carry out their own maintenance using only the tools in the car's toolbox, the team says. Legislation adopted by the European Union in 2024 already requires manufacturers to provide tools, parts and repair information for many electronic products. But electric cars have so far been left out of the scheme.