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A.Albanese.MP@aph.gov.au
I wrote this where Liam suggested to "customise this part":
I have finished building my ICV, an AC Cobra replica in 2007 which is now registered. It concerns me that others currently building ICVs or who are contemplating to build an ICV will find it impossible to register their vehicle in their State due to this new ADR. This will not be due to the vehicle being unsafe, but due to the extremely high cost of installing such technology in an individually constructed vehicle. One kit car manufacturer has received an estimate from Bosch Aust for $1.3M to design a system for one vehicle. As no two ICV’s are the same, there is no one size fits all system that can be adopted. Hence a system would need to be specifically designed for every individual car at the cost of $1.3M (currently ICV’s are built for $30k-$100k). It will also add to the complexity of testing the vehicle for VASS engineers as they assertain if the ESC program is suitible for the ICV been tested.
Cheers
Al