Lee wrote:
> In my case, the two vehicles I titled were a scratch-built EV (never > had a title before), and a 1980 ComutaVan that had been junked (title > turned in to the state). Both obviously met the "never been used as a > nonelectric vehicle" requirement. That's not the requirement. The requirement is "A vehicle is a qualified electric vehicle if it meets all the following requirements: 2) You were the first person to use it." The first person to use the vehicle, not the first person to use it as an electric vehicle. It's not intended for previously titled vehicles. Scratch-built would work, and a massive conversion just might be retitled. > In your case (converting a Porsche 914), you can probably re-title it > as a "2002 Dymaxionmobile" to create the legal fiction that it is a > "new" vehicle, never used as nonelectric. But if audited, you'd > probably lose. > > The honest way to do it would be if the car was substantially > modified; built out of parts from Porsche 914's and other cars, but > with substantial parts of it new or from different vehicles. For > example, if it weighs 3000 lbs, and less than half that weight is from > the original 914, I think you could honestly say it is primarily a new > vehicle. This MIGHT work with something like a 914. If the PORSCHE emblems were all stripped off and some aerodynamic bodywork added, you could try walking into the State Highway Patrol barracks and telling them you just built an electric vehicle and want it inspected. If challenged, telling them it is mostly non-original parts would be your only fall-back position. Worth a shot. But there's NO WAY they will retitle the Honda Civic. I don't care what is done to it. :] Vince
