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E-Cite Motors Registers Its Affordable EV Sportscar with the NHTSA and Receives Manufacturer ID
E-Cite Motors Registers Its Affordable EV Sportscar with the NHTSA and Receives Manufacturer ID.
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[{"type":"text","content":"BOTHELL, WA / ACCESSWIRE / August 10, 2022 / VaporBrands International, Inc. dba E-Cite Motors Group, (OTC PINK:VAPR) announces that it has submitted its affordable EV Sportscar for vehicle registration with the National Highway Traffic Safety Association "NHTSA" in accordance with (49 CFR Part 586).Previously on July 24th E-Cite had been assigned a World Manufacturers Identifier from SAE International, the registration authority for International Standard ISO 3780.E-Cite Motors Group WMI Code is 1V9 which will be positions 1,2, and 3 of the VIN of all E-Cite Motors passenger vehicles. The WMI Extension is 255 which will occupy positions 12, 13, and 14 of all E-Cite Motors passenger vehicles.E-Cites' application for a manufactures ID has been accepted and processed by the NHTSA. E-Cites manufactures ID is 21725 which is a requirement to manufacture vehicles in the United States.E-Cite Motors COO commented: "Meeting the requirements to formally register our vehicles for manufacture with the NHTSA is a significant and critical step towards our ability to manufacture new EV vehicles. We look forward to making production versions of the EV-GT and other vehicles available to the public."The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is an agency of the U.S. federal government, part of the Department of Transportation. It describes its mission as "Save lives, prevent injuries, reduce vehicle-related crashes related to transportation in the United States".Unlike competitors Tesla, Nikola, Polestar, Lucid, VW, Ford, Jaguar, and others, E-cite is not required to meet any of the safety or other costly certifications of a traditional auto manufacturer making the ease and timeline of offering new vehicles to market significantly more favorable. Whereas the initial timeline to be able to deliver a production vehicle to market generally exceeds 3 years and often longer at a very high cost, E-Cite expects to be delivering its first production vehicles for the 2023 model year. That is less than 12 months from inception to the showroom.This is possible because E-Cite's vehicles qualify under the "Low Volume Vehicle Manufacturers Act of 2015." In 2015, Congress enacted a bill into law directing the NHSTA to establish a program allowing low volume motor vehicle manufacturers to produce a limited number o...