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Neighborhood electric cars get boost in Tennessee

Mon, 07/07/2008 - 04:11 — SmartE

The Tennessean

[Beginning] July 1, medium-speed electric- or gasoline-powered vehicles with four wheels can travel up to 35 mph, and can use roads where the speed limit is 40. Golf carts are excluded.

Tennessee joins Montana and Washington as the only states with such a law. Most of the rest follow a 1998 federal law that allows the low-speed vehicles to travel up to 25 mph.

According to the report, there are 1, 211 low-speed vehicles registered in Tennessee.


Comments

Mon, 07/07/2008 - 06:13 — Energized

Good idea. I believe I can

Good idea. I believe I can get from my house to most required shopping on roads under 40 mph (or 45 mph for sure). Not always the case, my mother cannot.

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