134Electric-powered light vehicles

134 Electric-powered light vehicles

(1)  In this regulation –

electric-powered vehicle means a vehicle that is powered by one or more electric motors or traction motors that –

(a) are the only propulsion system for the vehicle; or

(b) are used in conjunction with another propulsion system for the vehicle.

(2)  An electric-powered vehicle that is built after 1 January 2019, or a vehicle modified to be an electric-powered vehicle after 1 January 2019, must have fixed conspicuously to its front and rear number plates a label that complies with subregulation (3) .

(3)  For the purposes of subregulation (2) , a label complies with this subregulation if –

(a) it is affixed to a plate made of metal that is at least one millimetre thick; and

(b) the label, and the plate to which it is affixed, is an equilateral triangular shape –

(i) each side of which is 30 millimetres in length; and

(ii) each interior angle of which is 60 degrees; and

(c) it has a blue surface that complies with class 2 of Australian Standard AS 1906:2007, Retroreflective materials and devices for road traffic control purposes; and

(d) it is marked ‘EV’ in white capital letters that are at least 8 millimetres high and have the orientation shown in the example; and

(e) it is fixed to the number plates so that the letters on the label are in an upright position; and

(f) it does not wholly or partly obscure any characters on the number plates.

Example of label for electric-powered vehicle:

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| Note: | The example of the label is for illustrative purposes only and does not represent the label’s actual size, dimensions or colour. |

(4)  However, this rule does not apply to a vehicle to which applies even if the vehicle is fitted with an electric motor or traction motor that is used in conjunction with a hydrogen fuel system for the propulsion of the vehicle.