Nonroad vehicle
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A nonroad vehicle is means
a vehicle—
a vehicle—
- (A) powered—
- (i) by a nonroad engine;or
- (ii) fully or partially by an electric motorElectric motorAn electric motor converts electrical energy into mechanical energy.Most electric motors operate through the interaction of magnetic fields and current-carrying conductors to generate force...
powered by a fuel cell, a batteryBattery (electricity)An electrical battery is one or more electrochemical cells that convert stored chemical energy into electrical energy. Since the invention of the first battery in 1800 by Alessandro Volta and especially since the technically improved Daniell cell in 1836, batteries have become a common power...
, or an wikt:off-board source of electricity; and
- (B) that is not a motor vehicleMotor vehicleA motor vehicle or road vehicle is a self-propelled wheeled vehicle that does not operate on rails, such as trains or trolleys. The vehicle propulsion is provided by an engine or motor, usually by an internal combustion engine, or an electric motor, or some combination of the two, such as hybrid...
or a vehicle used solely for competition.