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  • 2014 Honda Accord Plug-In Hybrid

    Say "carpool lane" or "HOV Access" or "white sticker" or "green sticker," and most California commuters will begin to drool uncontrollably. The ability to drive in relatively uncrowded High-Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) lanes with just a single person in the vehicle is a privilege that Californians will pay for. And that's precisely why the state allowed 85,000 owners of three different hybrids to apply for stickers that let them do just that, ending in 2011. The availability of those 85,000 stickers helped to jump-start sales of the Toyota Prius, Honda Civic Hybrid, and first-generation Honda...

  • Tesla Roadster with CA Clean Air Vehicle sticker  --  flickr user jurvetson
    CA Bill Would Extend Carpool Lane Access Perk For 10 Years

    It's one of the most valued perks for plug-in electric car buyers in California: the coveted green or white sticker that lets them travel in the carpool lane with just a single person in the car. But under current law, those stickers expire on January 1, 2015--just as the yellow stickers for...

  • Traffic
    Loss Of California HOV-Lane 'Prius Perk' Slows All Traffic, Study Says

    Many California drivers silently cheered on July 1, when the yellow stickers on 85,000 hybrid cars expired--meaning their drivers were no longer allowed to travel solo in the carpool lane. According to a new study released Monday at the University of California-Berkeley, though the loss of the...

  • Traffic
    Electric-Car Owners To Lose If CA Carpool Lanes Get Tolls?

    State and local agencies are strapped for cash, and one source of income may be the high-occupancy vehicle (HOV) lanes on congested freeways. In Southern California, local officials plan to convert "carpool lanes" to toll lanes with variable pricing, allowing drivers to pay up to $10 for the...

  • 2011 Chevrolet Volt
    California's HOV-Lane Access Being Expanded To Include More 'Green' Cars

    Fans of the Chevrolet Volt and Toyota Prius now have another reason to look forward to purchasing one, with news coming out this week that Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed a measure allowing up to 40,000 more motorists in the state of California to drive solo in carpool lanes. The bill, SB 535...

  • CA 'Access OK' Clean Air Vehicle carpool lane sticker
    Hybrid Owners Howl As California HOV-Lane Access Ends in December

    All good things must come to an end, and it's the same with the wildwood weed ... err, with California's HOV-Lane access perk for owners of three hybrids: the Toyota Prius, Honda Civic Hybrid, and Honda Insight. They are set to expire on December 31 of this year. Originally passed in 2005, the law...

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