Single-person occupancy carpool lane access is one of the earliest EV ownership incentives, and it’s set to end in California on September 30. According to an Automotive News report, California wants to extend the federal statute in the 1998 Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century that allows states to give single-occupant access to high-occupancy vehicle (HOV) lanes that are driving vehicles “certified as an inherently low-emission vehicle.”
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