In some states such as Ohio, there are laws governing the proper classification of vehicles that can travel in their streets. The ideal definition of allowed vehicles does not include three wheeled vehicles like the Xebra Sedan, an electric powered vehicle that is sure to be a good way to stave off the growing pains of fuel and oil prices. In fact, they cannot be registered.

But with the call for alternative means of transportation that can be powered by something else other than the standard lead fuels, these three-wheeled vehicles similar to motorcycles are sure to be a good exemption to existing laws for the good of environmental and financial concerns in play today.

Federal standards classify most three-wheeled electric vehicles as motorcycles, but, as The Plain Dealer reported last month, the vehicles cannot be registered in Ohio.

Ohio’s definition of a motorcycle says it must have saddles, not seats, for drivers. The Bureau of Motor Vehicles pulled the title and registration of the first person in the state to register a Zap Xebra three-wheeler.

The motorcycle definition outlawed both the Xebra and Myers Motors’ NmG (no more gas) electric vehicles. Myers is a Tallmadge company that sells a single-passenger electric three-wheeler capable of hitting 76 mph.

(Source) Cleveland.com