California is set to shake up how out-of-class electric two-wheelers are regulated, as a newly proposed bill, SB 586, aims…

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    9 days ago

    What you’ve built is a smiles-per-hour machine. :)

    In all seriousness, over 750 W but less than 4 kW, and over 20 MPH but less than 30 MPH, that might be registerable as a moped in California. You can even eschew the pedals, as electric mopeds don’t need them here. There’s a process for getting a randomly-assigned VIN and one-time plates, and the rider needs an M1 or M2 license.

    But such a machine is, on its face, not unlawful in California.