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 only issue the inspector had was the regulation that it "must have an exhaust system". I satisfied him by bolting a (useless) tailpipe onto it. Another way is to import it as scrap or parts, and assemble it yourself. Several companies have done this. Zap, Wemo, and Zenn seem to have gone this route. There is a company near me in Minnesota that brought in some disassembled Russian cars, re-assembled, and sold them. Another is currently bringing in Chinese EVs the same way (though I think they are selling them as NEVs).Then some are simply driven in from Mexico or Canada, and then re-registered in the US (perhaps by careless DMV clerks.There may also be a loophole if you are moving into the US and want to bring your car. Didn't Mercedes have a program where they let you buy one in Europe and bring it with you back to the US? Lee -- Excellence does not require perfection. -- Henry James -- Lee A. Hart https://www.sunrise-ev.com _______________________________________________ Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org No other addresses in TO and CC fields HELP: http://www.evdl.org/help/
