I'm legal!

so a month or so ago when I first got the car, I went to the DMV to start the registration (out of state car). At that time, they said I couldn't really do much without an official VIN inspection, but they could at least get it in the system under my name, and take my money... I told the worker at that time that it was an electric conversion, so he entered motive power as E. Which would obviously be verified later by the inspector, but I think it really helped my cause to have it entered this way from the get-go.

Anyway, yesterday I went back down there, got a one day pass to drive on the roads, and drove the car down. The inspection consisted of a DMV worker looking at the VIN number, checking a few boxes, and handing me back the paperwork. I then told her that it was electric, and asked her to change the motive power to "E" on her form so it would match what was in the computer (she hadn't even noticed, despite 'inspecting' something under the hood...). So... after a brief discussion where she informed me I was a little bit off to pay $7000 for batteries to build a car that could only go 50 miles (hard to argue on the surface, and I'm certainly not inclined to go into any deep discussion of the merits with her) she changed it to "E".

Lines were too long to go back inside and finish up the paperwork, so I made an appointment for this morning. Went back down this morning, verification in hand, mostly expecting them to tell me I had to go to an official smog referee or something since I shouldn't have to be smogged anymore. Instead, the counter worker typed in some info, charged me more money for registration (only paid transfer tax last time), and handed me a new set of license plates and registration stickers! Holy crap, I'm legal! Way easier than I was expecting.

Although I guess I should hold off judgement until I get my renewal next year and see if it says I have to get a smog check.