RE: GEM needs speed

[ethorpe@gric.com]

Also remember that one of the reasons for registering as NEV is they don't
have to pass the usual safety and crash tests, which is why they are sold
without doors. If you increase their speed you will probably need doors,
shoulder and lap belts, airbags, etc.

-Ed T

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-ev@listproc.sjsu.edu [mailto:owner-ev@listproc.sjsu.edu]On
> Behalf Of VanDerWal, Peter MSgt
> Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2002 1:50 PM
> To: 'EV List'
> Subject: Re: GEM needs speed
>
>
> >I need to speed my GEM up to 45MPH can any one help
>
> Federal law sets a maximum speed of 25 mph for low speed
> vehicles (which a
> GEM is).
>
> Whether or not your state would allow you to change the
> registration on the
> vehicle to make it a standard auto is questionable and
> besides it probably
> wouldn't be safe at that speed since it was never designed to
> go that fast.