§ 313

California Vehicle Code · 2026 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

The term “electric personal assistive mobility device” or “EPAMD” means a self-balancing, nontandem two-wheeled device, that is not greater than 20 inches deep and 25 inches wide and can turn in place, designed to transport only one person, with an electric propulsion system averaging less than 750 watts (1 horsepower), the maximum speed of which, when powered solely by a propulsion system on a paved level surface, is no more than 12.5 miles per hour.

(Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 106, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2008.)

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