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Ziga's van runs on solar panels, three lawn mower motors and 8,000 laptop and power tool batteries (www.abc.net.au)
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Thought of you fine folks when I came across this article on aussie.zone

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[–] Deceptichum@kbin.social 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

I’m confused as fuck as to how he got through the regulations to build it here in Australia as well, let alone drive it on the roads.

[–] Flumpkin@slrpnk.net 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I suspect that some people manage it because they know people / worked with them and they give them a bit of leeway. So you can get lucky. We have a saying "Where there is no plaintiff, there is no judge".