About Us

Umesh Patel is a native of Orange County in Southern California and has lived in Sonoma County since 2013. Since 2000, Umesh has been employed in the automotive industry. He has held all positions from Service Writer to Automotive Technician. This experience from the front to the back of the shop has provided him extensive automotive repair experience. There is no issue, minor or major that Umesh has not dealt with.

In 2013, Ed Rueda, owner of The Hybrid Haven asked Umesh to come to Sonoma County and help build the The Hybrid Haven brand. For 7 years Umesh worked with Ed to build The Hybrid Haven into the top Hybrid Repair facility in Northern California. Umesh’s extensive knowledge and certifications in hybrid repair allowed him to help solidify him as a master technician and one of the top hybrid repair mechanics around.

Upon Ed’s passing in early 2020, The Hybrid Haven was shut down and Umesh opened his own shop California Hybrid Repair in the same spirit as The Hybrid Haven, which is to provide expert services in hybrid vehicle repair.

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(707) 658-2248

Master technician

Oftentimes you’ll find Umesh working closely with other automotive repair shops when they have questions on diagnosing issues with hybrids to make sure all hybrid vehicle owners have a pleasant ownership experience. Umesh aspires to continue to expand his knowledge with the electric and hybrid vehicles of tomorrow and to build California Hybrid Repair as the top hybrid and electric vehicle repair facility in the county.

At California Hybrid Repair you can look forward to expert diagnostics, honest pricing and quality repairs. We are fixing tomorrow’s cars today!

"Mesh" has seen it all

After graduating from Universal Technical Institute at the top of his class in 2006, he moved from service writing to begin his career as an automotive technician. Prior to joining Hybrid Haven, Umesh has worked at independent repair facilities, dealerships and performance shops