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Article: Latham, N.Y.,-Based Lawn Equipment Firm Wants to Sell Battery-Powered Bikes.

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April 10, 2001
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By Kevin Harlin, Times Union, Albany, N.Y. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Apr. 10--They could be the wave of the future, if only New York state knew what to make of them.

Grassland Equipment & Irrigation Corp., a Latham-based distributor of commercial lawn mowers and landscaping equipment, wants to sell a California company's battery-powered bicycles.

But while Grassland's owners and the bike manufacturer say the product is little different from a mountain bike in speed and safety, the state Department of Motor Vehicles does not see it that way.

In a letter dated April 4, the DMV says the bikes fall under the category of motor ...

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