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In order to encourage carpooling and decrease traffic congestion, the State of California came up with the idea of creating the so-called High Occupancy Vehicle lanes or HOV for short, which could only be used by cars with two or more occupants.
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- New High-occupancy-vehicle Lane Rules May Boost Prius Plug-in Sales In California
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- Vw Testing Chinese Passat Lingyu Fuel-cell Vehicles In The States
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- Cnn Video Looks At Lexus Lanes In South Florida
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Cars
2012 Chevrolet Volt with Low Emissions Package Granted Access to California's HOV Lanes
In order to encourage carpooling and decrease traffic congestion, the State of California came up with the idea of creating the so-called High Occupancy Vehicle lanes or HOV for short, which could only be used by cars with two or more occupants.
Last July, however, the Golden State altered the regulations allowing single-passenger vehicles to use them as well, provided they were all-electric or powered by hydrogen fuel cells or natural gas.
Despite being a hybrid, the Volt was excluded from the list specifying the vehicles allowed to use the HOV lanes, which span more than 1,400 miles and reduce driving time by an average of 36 minutes each day, because of its emissions.
Read more »- Ford Focus Ev Buyers In California Get Access To Hov Lanes And Up To Us$10,000 In Tax Credits
A week after Ford revealed that it's all-electric Focus achieved a 105 MPGe combined EPA rating, the company announced that owners of the car in California can access the High Occupancy Vehicles (HOV) lanes. That, in itself, is another selling point...
- California Wants 1.4 Million Zero-emission Vehicles By 2025; Manufacturers Agree, Dealers Object
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- New High-occupancy-vehicle Lane Rules May Boost Prius Plug-in Sales In California
The new Prius plug-in will be available in the US early next year and will cost $32,780 –or $8,500 more than the non-plug-in version of Toyota’s hybrid. That’s quite a remarkable price difference even if you include the $2,500 tax...
- Vw Testing Chinese Passat Lingyu Fuel-cell Vehicles In The States
Volkswagen of America announced today that it has 'imported' 16 Passat Lingyu fuel-cell vehicles from China to use in fleet demonstrations at the California Fuel Cell Partnership in Sacramento, California. These prototype fuel-cell vehicles that...
- Cnn Video Looks At Lexus Lanes In South Florida
Curiously enough, just earlier this afternoon GCBC partner AutoEnergy took a look at the financial implications of selecting the less efficient 5-speed manual Honda Fit compared with the automatic Fit... in south Florida. Only a few minutes later, a CNN.com...