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Zhejiang Taotao: every American brand built here
Federal certification records name Zhejiang Taotao as the engine manufacturer behind 3 American powersports brands, covering ATVs, street-legal scooters and motorcycles, off-road machines. Here is the full list, model year by model year.
- US brands
- 3
- Model years
- 2009–2027
- Engine families
- 203
- Displacement
- 49–546cc
American brands supplied by Zhejiang Taotao
| US brand (certificate holder) | Model years | Engine families | Models certified |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tao Motor Inc. | 2016–2027 | 172 | 172 |
| Taotao USA Inc. | 2009–2018 | 95 | 167 |
| Vicoo Industry, Inc. | 2007–2009 | 11 | 87 |
Which of those machines are actually comparable
A shared factory alone is a weak signal — Zhejiang Taotao builds engines across 49–546cc. Grouping by engine size narrows it to machines genuinely worth comparing.
VIN prefixes assigned to Zhejiang Taotao
If your frame number starts with one of these three characters, NHTSA has it recorded against this manufacturer. Check the first three characters of the VIN stamped on the frame or shown on the VIN plate.
| VIN starts with | Company as NHTSA records it | Vehicle type |
|---|---|---|
| L9N | ZHEJIANG TAOTAO VEHICLES CO.,LTD | Motorcycle |
A VIN prefix identifies the company that registered the code, which is not always the company that built your engine — importers sometimes register their own. Treat it as corroboration for the emission label, not a replacement for it.
How this factory appears in the raw federal record
Each importer types the factory name into the certification form by hand, so one factory arrives in the data as many different companies. These 10 strings were reconciled into the single entry above.
- TAOTAO GROUP CO. LTD.
- TAOTAO GROUP CO.,LTD.
- ZHEJIANG TAOTAO INDUSTRY CO.,LTD.
- ZHEJIANG TAOTAO VEHICLES CO.,LTD.
- ZheijiangTaoTao Vehicles Co., Ltd.
- Zhejiang Taotao Industry Co., Ltd.
- Zhejiang Taotao Industry Co.,Ltd.
- Zhejiang Taotao Industry, Co,. Ltd.
- Zhejiang Taotao Vehicles Co.,Ltd.
- Zhejiang Taotao Vehicles Co.,Ltd..
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Source. US EPA annual certification data — EPA Certified Highway Motorcycle Test Results, MY2006-present; EPA Certified Off-Road Motorcycle / ATV / UTV / Rec Vehicle, MY2006-present. Retrieved 2026-09-07. This page describes 263 certificate records naming Zhejiang Taotao. Full provenance and method.