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Neighborhood Electric Vehicles

A Neighborhood Electric Vehicle (NEV) is a United States Department of Transportation

classification for speed-limited battery electric vehicles. The NEV provides the

driver

with an alternative to expensive fossil fuels and an opportunity to take charge of

their

carbon emissions. The NEV operates on only a fraction of the fossil fuels as a

standard vehicle by plugging into a standard outlet at home. By using solar or wind

power to generate the electricity for these vehicles, they have to the potential to run

using no fossil fuel.

ommunity Design

Most modern communities within the USA are designed to separate neighborhoods

from commercial and other areas, connecting them with relatively high speed

thoroughfares on which NEVs cannot go, legally or safely. Unlike with bicycles,

specialized routes and rights-of-way are usually unavailable to NEVs.

As a result, these vehicles are most common in communities that provide separate

routes for them or generally accommodate slow speed traffic, such as traditional

"grid" street plans found in older urban areas. Some retirement and golf club

communities are specifically designed, sometimes with alternative arterial road

bypass routes and some including an additional "mini garage" in the house designs.

tate Regulations

Regulations for operating an NEV vary by state. However, the Federal Government

preempts states and local governments from requiring safety equipment beyond

Standard 571.500. Generally, they must be registered, and the driver must be

licensed. Because airbags are not required the NEV cannot normally travel on

highways or freeways. NEVs in many states are restricted to roads with a speed limit

of 35 mph (56 km/h) or less.