We've been asked this a few times, and from everything we've been able to find. DOT approval doesn't apply to starting batteries. There are two different things

We've been asked this a few times, and from everything we've been able to find. DOT approval doesn't apply to starting batteries. There are two different things people generally refer to when they mention. 1) Transporting lithium batteries above a certain size requires an approval. For this one, the battery we use is below the levels they regulate. 2) there are also approvals you have to get for electric vehicle batteries which primarily stipulates a maximum amount of volume of electrolyte that it can spill in the case of it being destroyed in a crash, which doesn't apply to us at all. If we're wrong, and there is some regulation that does apply to us, we'd be more than happy to know about it. Please link me to it. As far as testing, we've been driving on it ourselves for 5 months now. We have a cycle and temperature testing setup in our shop. We will do all of the testing we need to before we ship to anyone. Our earliest customers are likely to be the people in the world closest to us. We won't give you anything we wouldn't feel comfortable with them using.