Nevada now allows NEV registration

[gail <gail@dri.edu>]

We can now register low-speed vehicles in Nevada, NEVs to us, and drive
them on roads with 35 mph speed limits.  I know a lot of you would not
be seen in a Neighborhood Electric Vehicle without a bag over your head
because they don't go fast, but they are the only EVs available here if
you don't want to build one yourself, and would like a guarantee and
maintenance.  It may be possible to order a Ford Ranger from the local
dealer but Nevada Power has the only one I have seen here.  Around the
university there is a large population which could make use of a
Bombardier or similar vehicle.  People in our retirement communities are
already using them.  Short distance, low-speed commuting is an
application for which EVs are ideally suited, without the need for new
battery technology, fuel cells or fast charging.  There is a niche for
these vehicles and the more of them we get on the road the more people
there will be who learn about EVs and be comfortable with them when a
larger version shows up in the dealerships.  I think this is a move in
the right direction for Nevada.  Since I heard the bill was in the works
I have been watching the speed limits on the roads I travel and have
determined that I can get to almost all my usual destinations in a NEV. 
I wonder if they would take an old EV in trade. :)

Gail   

> Sec. 4. Chapter 484 of NRS is hereby amended by adding thereto a
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> new section to read as follows:
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>   1.1. As used in this section, "low-speed vehicle" means a motor
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>   1.vehicle:
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>   1.(a) Designed to carry not more than four persons;
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>   1.(b) Designed to operate at a maximum speed of at least 20 but not
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>   1.more than 25 miles per hour;
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>   1.(c) Having at least four wheels in contact with the ground;
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>   1.(d) Having an unladen weight of less than 1,800 pounds; and
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>   1.(e) Complying with the standards for safety of such a vehicle set forth
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>   1.in Federal Motor Safety Standard No. 500 at 49 CFR § 571.500.
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> 2. If registered, a low-speed vehicle may be operated upon a highway 
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> where the posted speed limit is 35 miles per hour or less. A person shall 
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> not operate a low-speed vehicle upon a highway where the posted speed 
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> limit is greater than 35 miles per hour, except to cross such a highway at 
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> an intersection.