US EditionIt Is Now Official: the Dgt Confirms Important Changes for Those with an Electric Skateboard
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All owners of electric skateboards — or their legal guardians, in the case of minors — must register their personal mobility vehicle in the National Vehicle Registry before being able to take out compulsory insurance. This is established by the royal decree approved on Tuesday by the Council of Ministers in compliance with Law 5/2025, of 24 July. Although the obligation to register the skateboard was dated to 2 January 2026, its practical applic…
The legal vacuum for Personal Mobility Vehicles (VMP) is over. The Government, through the General Traffic Directorate (DGT), has taken the definitive step to strictly regulate the use of electric skateboards on our streets. Following the approval of the Royal Decree regulating the Registration of Light Personal Vehicles, owners will no longer have to worry about charging the battery, but will have the “papers” in order to avoid fines that can e…
Currently in Spain there are more than four million skateboards that will have to be 'matriculas' and pay compulsory insurance
The Registration of Light Personal Vehicles - basically the VMPs like the electric skateboards - will be in operation on "next dates", the same day that it will be...
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noticiasdegipuzkoa.eusThe Real Automóvil Club Vasco Navarro (RACVN) has applauded the need to register the Light Personal Vehicles, as electric skateboards, and has trusted that this measure of the General Directorate of Traffic (DGT) "decreases accidents caused by Personal Mobility Vehicles".
Registration and insurance: the key to continuing to use your electric scooter. Registration is not an isolated procedure, but a necessary step to comply with the obligation to have civil liability insurance. Without registration in the DGT (Spanish Directorate General of Traffic) database, the practical application of the insurance is not possible. Read more
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