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this post was submitted on 01 Nov 2023
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Thanks for some actual info rather than the rest of opinion and commentary here... Also for working to make the world a place.
Frustrating that one of the hurdles is red tape around engine size that needs a quirky solution like multiple motors.
Very frustrating! And we know that the path to change that is ~10 years. In the meantime, we will have to find a way to homologate them as registered vehicles, a process that's not exactly designed for small projects like that but thankfully we have a governmental agency on our side to open some doors. Right now we are mostly using a loophole (and a bit of a gray area) of "self build vehicles" that can be insured but not bought or sold. That's a reason why these are only sold in kit.