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"Conventional" hybrids kicked out of California carpool lanes
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From Friday 1 July 2011 onwards, hybrid cars are no longer allowed to travel in carpool lanes in California, as the law which allowed them to do so was revoked.
This privilege will now be reserved for plug-in hybrids, fully electric cars and compressed natural gas vehicles. According to the Los Angeles Times, “up to 40,000 new-generation clean-running vehicles – primarily plug-in hybrids, like the new plug-in Prius — will receive carpool stickers under a new program beginning in 2012.
The new rules are designed to encourage motorists to buy the lowest emission forms of transport, encourage car sharing and also reduce traffic in carpool lanes at a time when some of the lanes were becoming more congested.
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Full article: cars21.com California policy update for cleaner transport
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