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Vermont microcar maker Ross Feed tells senators it can produce five cars a year but needs regulatory and workforce support
Summary
Representatives of Ross Feed described a low‑volume car manufacturing effort, said they can reach about five cars per year, and asked state senators for help with workforce, supply‑chain costs and state rules that make VIN issuance and small‑manufacturer approvals difficult.
Representatives of Ross Feed appeared before the Senate Transportation Committee to describe their low‑volume car manufacturing work in Vermont and to ask for state support on regulatory and workforce issues.
Scott Ra, a representative of Ross Feed, said the company was started about seven years ago and is now near low‑volume production, with capacity projected at about five cars a year. "We really don't know how many we're gonna be able to produce a year, but we're pretty ultra low manufacturing. So it'll probably be 5 cars a year," Scott Ra said. He added that most early customers are collectors and that only a small number of the cars would likely remain in Vermont.
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