Electric vehicle

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The CLASSIC from Kyburz Switzerland , probably the most widespread electric vehicle in Switzerland , mainly driven by seniors. The Classic model and its successor DXP are used in large numbers by the Swiss Post as delivery vehicles.
A typical electric vehicle for people with mobility problems due to age or illness.

Electromobile is the common name for small, multi-lane, open, electrically powered light vehicles that can only transport the driver and are mostly used by people with walking difficulties . The first electric cars at the end of the 19th century were also sometimes referred to as electric vehicles.

These electric vehicles enable people with walking difficulties to cover longer distances quickly and to use wheelchair access . Luggage can be transported on the base plate between the legs and often in the basket on the handlebars. Some electric vehicles also offer the option of attaching a trailer so that larger objects and boxes can also be transported with the electric vehicle. In many electric vehicles, the seat is designed as a lockable swivel seat for easier entry. Some scooters can be folded up for transport.

Unlike an electric wheelchair, it is usually only geared towards a walking disability, the difference to this is the direct steering. As a result, the driver of the electric vehicle must use both arms and be able to get in and out of the vehicle independently. A four-wheeled electromobile can be described as an electrically operated quad with a step between the seat and the handlebars, a three-wheeled electromobile as an electrically operated, single-seat trike with a step-through between the seat and the handlebars.

Electric vehicles in public transport

The driving public transport is following an opinion of VDV usually excluded. After intensive negotiations, a nationwide uniform regulation of the federal states for taking electric vehicles into public transport buses came into force in 2017. The decree finally regulates all the essential criteria for taking e-scooters with you. The transport companies' obligation to take along extends to four- wheeled e-scooters that meet the following requirements:

  • Electric vehicles with a total length of up to 1.2 meters
  • A total weight with the person sitting on of a maximum of 300 kg
  • The scooter must have an additional parking brake
  • The scooter must be suitable for reversing into the bus
  • The electric vehicle has to withstand certain acceleration forces
  • Confirmed suitability of the electric vehicle for taking on the bus with a person sitting on it

The suitability for taking on the bus must be determined by the manufacturer and specified in the operating instructions. Only models that meet these requirements may be taken on public transport buses!

The rules are detailed below:

Legal information for electric vehicles

The electric vehicle or electric scooter are listed under § 4 of the Driving License Ordinance as motorized hospital elevators and are therefore exempt from the general inspection . Motorized single-seater wheelchair elevators with electric drive and an empty weight of no more than 300 kg including batteries, but without driver, a permissible total weight of no more than 500 kg, a maximum width of 110 cm and a design-related maximum speed of no more than 15 km / h are exempt from the driver's license requirement.

Electric vehicles with a speed of 15-25 km / h require a moped license plate. To drive such an electric vehicle you need a moped test certificate . The moped test certificate is also included in the driving license classes A1, A2, A, B and T. People born before April 1st, 1965 do not need a driver's license or a moped test certificate to drive such an electric vehicle.

According to § 1 of the Vehicle Licensing Ordinance (FZV), motorized patient elevators up to 6 km / h are license-free. You may use sidewalks, if they are not there, the roadway. Above 6 km / h, according to § 3 FZV, the type approval ( ABE ) or an individual approval for use in public road traffic applies to motorized wheelchairs .

According to the law on compulsory insurance for motor vehicle owners, the owner of a motor vehicle is obliged to take out liability insurance that covers personal injury, property damage or financial loss if the design-related maximum speed exceeds 6 km / h . The insurance code is valid for one year starting on March 1st until the end of February of each year (differentiated by the annual imprint and color).

In 2018, there is still no uniform statutory regulation for the classification of e-scooters in the Austrian Road Use Act. According to the legal situation in Vienna , e-scooter bicycles are treated the same as bicycles, which means that they are not allowed to be used on sidewalks or in pedestrian zones, except if they have been approved for bicycles. In the case of e-scooters, it should also be noted that the motor is not designed for speeds over 25 km / h and must not exceed an output of 600 watts, otherwise the vehicles are considered small motorcycles and for motorized individual transport . Legal issues relating to lighting, brakes and license plate requirements have not yet been clearly defined.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Decree for taking e-scooters with you. March 15, 2017. Retrieved May 8, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Taking e-scooters with you in public buses
  3. ↑ §3 FZV
  4. ↑ § 4 FeV
  5. ↑ § 1 FZV
  6. ↑ § 4 (1 and 2) FZV
  7. ↑ §§ 1 and 2 PflVG
  8. ↑ Legal ambiguity with e-scooters in Vienna: use on the sidewalk or street? In: vienna.at. Retrieved November 9, 2018 .