In California a low speed conversion must weigh under 3000lbs to qualify to be registered as an nEV (see below).
I would like to know which donor vehicle brands/models will make a less than 3000 lb conversion. 2002 Ford Festiva? http://wikicars.org/en/Ford_Festiva Are there other light curb weight 4dr sedans to consider? - [ref http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/EVs-16-can-drive-nEV-speed-conversions-lower-speed-lower-co-t-td4660757.html ] In California the DMV nEV regs are: http://www.dmv.ca.gov/pubs/vctop/d01/vc385_5.htm V C Section 385.5 Low Speed Vehicle Low Speed Vehicle 385.5. (a) A “low-speed vehicle” is a motor vehicle that meets all of the following requirements: (1) Has four wheels. (2) Can attain a speed, in one mile, of more than 20 miles per hour and not more than 25 miles per hour, on a paved level surface. (3) Has a gross vehicle weight rating of less than 3,000 pounds. (b) (1) For the purposes of this section, a “low-speed vehicle” is not a golf cart, except when operated pursuant to Section 21115 or 21115.1. (2) A “low-speed vehicle” is also known as a “neighborhood electric vehicle.” - {brucedp.150m.com} -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Faster than the air-speed velocity of an unladen european swallow _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
