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Originally Posted by Capt. Pinbacker
How fast would you and/or 3 others have to pedal to turn a flywheel in order to charge/or keep charged a bank of batteries comparable to the capacity of, say a prius or volt or even a leaf? In other words, in this case the pedals would not be directly connected to the wheels.
(You can probably deduce what i'm trying to get at here) In effect, we've created a human-powered hybrid.
Overnite and at work plug and solar panels are allowed and encouraged in this case.
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But at that point it becomes a motorized vehicle (as opposed to merely being a human powered, sophisticated form of a pedal car). Unless the solar powered electrical system is only providing lighting and audio entertainment...
Once a vehicle has a motor of any sort, it is subject to being regulated and licensed as a
motor vehicle.