"Bad news, electric vehicle owners. Starting Monday morning, one of California's longest-running incentives for people to buy electric cars - a program that provided access to carpool lanes regardless of how many people are in a zero-emission vehicle - is coming to end. The Clean Air Vehicle decal program expired Oct. 1, after Republican leaders in Congress and the Trump administration declined to reauthorize the federal law that allowed it."
"A violation ticket for driving solo in carpool lanes in California, also known as diamond lanes, or high-occupancy vehicle (HOV) lanes, is a minimum $490 fine. The colorful "Clean Air Vehicle" stickers have given drivers of Teslas, Priuses, Leafs, Rivians and other electric vehicles privileges to cruise along carpool lanes during commute times on congested roads like Highway 101 in Silicon Valley, 880 in the East Bay or the 405 freeway in Los Angeles."
The Clean Air Vehicle decal program expired on Oct. 1 after federal authorization was not renewed, removing a long-standing HOV lane exemption for zero-emission vehicles. The California Highway Patrol provided a 60-day grace period that ended Dec. 1; enforcement of solo-EV HOV lane violations resumes and officers may issue citations. A minimum fine for driving solo in an HOV lane is $490. The decals previously allowed Teslas, Priuses, Leafs, Rivians and other electric vehicles to use carpool lanes to incentivize purchases and reduce air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions.
Read at The Mercury News
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