SAN DIEGO COUNTY, Calif. — California’s decades-old perk, which allows solo drivers of electric vehicles to use carpool lanes, expired on Monday. While the program officially ended in October, the ...

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 ...

Solo EV drivers using California carpool lanes will face ticketing beginning Monday as the perk disappears. Though the benefit, courtesy of the California's Clean Air Vehicle Decal program, ...

The state’s Clean Air Vehicle decal program ends Tuesday, but tickets won’t immediately be handed out to solo electric vehicle drivers who continue to use carpool lanes. The program has allowed EV ...

The State's "Clean Air Vehicle Decal Program" ended at the beginning of October, but the CHP gave a 60-day grace period to allow drivers to get used to the idea, and tickets would now be issued to ...

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California's long-running perk that let electric cars glide solo through carpool lanes has flipped into a costly trap for ...

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 ...

With the clean air decal program expired, California EV drivers must follow HOV rules or face new fines up to $500.