Lee Hart wrote:
Minnesota has a law that forbids homebuilt or conversion NEVs.
EVDL Administrator wrote:
I assume you mean it prohibits licensing them, not building them.
Correct; you can obviously build them, but you can't title them, register them, or license them for operation on any public roads.
Do you know what the justification might be for such a law?
The law was written by the state's only NEV manufacturer, who lobbied for its passage. The legislature basically passed it as written. The purpose of the legislation was to *allow* NEVs on MN roads with a posted speed limit up to 35 mph. But it had this little "gotcha" clause, to prevent competition.
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