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Originally Posted by Deckard_Cain
Well I think this is a BINGO right here. Court doc dated March 2020.
So two things are going to happen now, either Taotao China/Jinyun/Tao USA are going to redesign or purchase compliant catalytic convertors (increasing the cost of the bike) and then have to either submit a new COC application, or make sure the new convertors meet the original specification...
OR ... TaoTao stops production of those models forever.
But given the 100,000+ numbers of highway use motorcycles (street legal) stated in the court doc, I'm guessing this was happening on ALL of their street legal machines and that they won't abandon that product or market completely.
What is sad is that so many owners of Taotao street legal bikes rip the exhaust off right away anyhow, and install one with NO catalytic convertor at all.
So the environmental impact is the same anyways.
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When I started reading the doc, it felt a little like Deja vu and I see why now.
About 10 years ago, the EPA dinged them, but at that time, the fine was much less.
https://www.epa.gov/sites/production...tao-062810.pdf
10-26-2020, 11:21 PM
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