Here's some text from the NHTSA website. Don't know if anyone has ever done
this, but importing an EV from China for its electrical parts might be
possible, with some arduous work:
A disassembled vehicle that is shipped without an engine and transmission is
treated for importation purposes
Peri Hartman via EV wrote:
> If anyone figures out how to import an EV, please let me know.
There may be other loopholes as well.
I bought my ComutaVan as scrap from a junkyard. I got it inspected and
re-titled it as an "assembled electric vehicle". It was fully roadworthy; not
an NEV. The
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From: "Lawrence Winiarski via EV"
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Cc: "Lawrence Winiarski"
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Subject: Re: [EVDL] Import EV [Adding a FM radio to a Tesla.]
There was a kind of a Canadian loop
There was a kind of a Canadian loophole for this as Canada had the same thing
but it was 15 years instead of 25. So if you could get it into Canada at 15
years old, thenif people didn't look too closely, you could re-import it into
the US as a Canadian vehicle. B.C used to put on their
In general terms, unless the vehicle has documentation that it fully complies
with all US requirements, it is only possible to legally import it and get it
on the road in the USA if it is at least 25 years old.
If anyone figures out how to import an EV, please let me know. That is,
without extrodinary costs, just relatively simple changes like speedo
and mirrors. So many more choices if one can import. Yeah, there's
parts, but I might be willing to risk that. I think the know-how to make
repairs
