Looks like Janesville, WI just finally passed a law allowing NEVs on their streets there.
http://www.evworld.com/news.cfm?newsid=17497
Recently a
ZENN Dealer opened up there. The only problem is that a ZENN is considered a "neighborhood electric vehicle" and are NOT street legal unless the local municipality says that it is.
Because of that, you could not legally take one of these out of the dealer's lot for a test drive! You could buy one, but would need to have it trucked out to your place!!!!
I am all for NEVs, but even if I had one, I need to cross a 45 mph road to get to the post office, library, or grocery store. You can only legally ride on 35 mph or less roads.
Milwaukee also recently passed law allowing NEVs. Hopefully this will encourage more people to get and use them.
My motorcycle is a conversion, NOT an NEV and thus isn't restricted in any way (other than not riding in January -
hobbyist plates-hotrod)
A car converted to electric would also have airbags, bumpers, and everything else, and thus would be street legal