Build #001 Complete
North Star Electric Vehicles · Build
001
EZGO TXT
✓ Certified Complete
🏛️ FMVSS 500 · 111 · 141
📋 MN Titled & Plated
📍 Farmington, MN
Base Platform
EZGO TXT PDS
Power
76V LiFePO4
Suspension
Lifted + Coilovers
Finish
Raptor-Line Black
Status
Road Legal ✓
Before — original green EZGO
BEFORE

How We Found It

A worn green EZGO TXT, decades of use, cargo rack and a story. This is where Build #001 started.

After — completed Build #001
AFTER

What We Built

Raptor-coated black, lifted, lithium-powered, fully street-legal. FMVSS certified and MN titled from day one.

Zero to
Street Legal

Build #001 started as a gifted cart — a worn EZGO TXT PDS that had seen better days. We stripped it to the frame, rebuilt every system from the ground up, and turned it into North Star's certified demo vehicle.

Every component chosen for a reason. Every wire run clean. Every standard documented. This build proved the process — and became the template for every North Star NEV that follows.

Teardown in the shop
Green underglow test — late night in the garage

Late Night in the Garage

Underglow test. Suspension fitted. Wheels on. It's starting to look like something.

Stripped frame, electrical work starting
Frame stripped · Electrical begins
Raptor-coated body with new wheels
Raptor-line coat · New wheels fitted
Green interior — steering wheel and diamond-stitch floor
Interior · Green accents · Diamond-stitch
Custom Auxbeam control panel — green powder coat
Custom control panel · Auxbeam
Air horn and coilover suspension detail
Air horn · Coilover suspension
Fuse panel and wiring harness
Fuse panel · Full wiring harness
New wheels being fitted mid-build
Wheels going on · Taking shape
Final assembly stage
Final assembly · Almost done
Build #001 — Nearly complete, driveway side view

"One build at a time. Every detail documented. Every standard certified."

What Went Into It

Power & Drivetrain

  • 76V LiFePO4 lithium conversion
  • Navitas motor
  • Navitas controller
  • Push-button start + kill switch
  • Air horn — FMVSS 500 compliant

Chassis & Appearance

  • Full Raptor-line texture coat — black
  • Lifted suspension with coilovers
  • Black alloy wheels
  • All-terrain tires
  • Green diamond-stitch floor mat
  • Cargo rack

Electronics & Compliance

  • Custom Auxbeam 8-switch panel
  • Rock lights · Light bar
  • Full LED lighting — FMVSS 500
  • Backup camera — FMVSS 111
  • North Star AVAS — FMVSS 141
  • FMVSS compliance triangle
  • VIN assigned · MCO issued · MN titled

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