[ArchStanton]

Cool, thanks. I'll check it out.

I've mostly been keeping an eye out on the aircooled VW conversions (or that EV 1968 Mustang on youtube).

It'll really get interesting when you see more from-scratch cars that don't have the ICE history built in. There are a lot of changes that could be made in design. If the government didn't love to get in your business so much, maybe there could be a world of street-legal EV karts.

[fragmede]

There are - golf carts. They don't have the same sex appeal as a sports car, but in the many communities in the US where those are considered street legal, they are flourishing! They usually don't have doors and have a low top speed, but make for great third or fourth cars. Their top speed is low and limited by the law, though the laws that I've seen only specify what the top speed (often 35mph) but not how long (or how quickly) it takes to get there.

Many are still on lead-acid batteries (36V or 48V) but you didn't specify battery chemistry. :)