VaporBrands International, Inc. dba E-Cite Motors Group, announced that it has received an official notice from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration that it has approved E-Cite to manufacturer its "C3" sportscars. Cite recently solidified the design and rights to a new EV Sportscar and had formally submitted it for registration with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration "NHTSA" in accordance with (49 CFR Part 586) to be legally driven on public roads in the US. The new electric vehicle code named the "EV-C3" and the gas-powered version the "IC-C3" resembles a modernized version of one of the most iconic and prolific sportscars in history from its late sixties through late seventies' variant.

The new sports cars utilize more than 90% of the existing engineered electric E-Cite "EV-GT" and gas-powered "IC-GT" sports cars currently working on receiving final approval from CARB. Some of these shared components are a lengthened version of the modular chassis, batteries, drive train, suspension, glass, and more than 50% of the body panels. E-Cite was the first company to get any vehicle approved by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) under the Low Volume Manufacturers Act of which is has four distinctly different vehicles approved.

The EV-GT of which the new EV-C3 is anchored and two other E-Cite Vehicles, the EV-RT truck, and the EV-222 hyper car. E-Cite is free to manufacture them under a special exemption specifically (49 CFR 565.16(b)). This allows E-Cite to produce its own VINs for the production of new vehicles.

In addition, E-Cite was the first to receive a World Manufactures Identifier (WMI) under the Act registering it as a manufacturer for the sale of vehicles worldwide.