California roads can feel surprisingly empty at times - from quiet intersections to long stretches of highway without another car in sight. In those moments, some drivers might wonder whether the ...

California is about to end its EV HOV decal program. The Trump administration has decided not to extend the popular program. California was the first state to implement a clean air vehicle program ...

For the last two decades, more than a million motorists who have slapped "clean air vehicle" decals on their electric and hybrid cars have been free to cruise in carpool lanes with no passengers. But ...

Electric vehicle drivers in California are losing their carpool lane privileges at the end of the month. The popular perk, which lasted 25 years, allowed electric vehicle drivers with a required decal ...

On Oct. 1, 2025, the Clean Air Vehicles decal program ended. That means that vehicles in the State of California — and elsewhere — with a set of state-issued carpool lane stickers (CAV decals) may no ...

A popular perk for California drivers of electric and low-emission cars is coming to an end. Beginning Oct. 1, motorists with a Clean Air Vehicle decal will no longer be able to drive solo in carpool ...

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 ...

It was a perk meant to get people to buy electric. And it worked. But now, a benefit that once “charged up” the EV revolution is about to end. We’re talking about the carpool lane benefit for solo ...

Over the last 25 years, if you've ever been driving on a busy freeway in California or in other parts of the US, like New York, you may have seen a vehicle with a distinct sticker on the rear bumper ...

To the editor: Carpool lanes were created several decades ago in the interest of increasing ride-sharing to reduce congestion. Electric vehicles were invented, in part, to reduce air pollution (or at ...