Re: No more hybrids in HOV?
Date: September 28, 2011 10:07AM
1995hoo Wrote:
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> WashingTone-Locian Wrote:
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> > The old hybrids are grandfathered in on I-66
> like
> > they are on 395. However, why is the state
> > bothering to produce a new "green" plate for
> > hybrids when they don't get any kind of
> exemption?
> > Why not just a regular Virginia plate?
>
> There are other HOV lanes in Virginia to which the
> issue you note doesn't apply. Someone further up
> the thread cited the Dulles Toll Road. There are
> also HOV-2 lanes on US-1 and Washington Street
> through Alexandria in the peak direction during
> rush hour. None of those are subject to the same
> rule as Shirley Highway and I-66 about
> newly-purchased cars not being eligible for the
> exemption. (Incidentally, the exemption goes with
> the PLATE, not the car: If you had an eligible
> vehicle prior to July 1, 2006, and you later
> traded it in on a newer clean-fuel vehicle, you
> can transfer the plate just like you can on a
> standard trade-in and you get to keep the HOV
> exemption as a result.)
>
> BTW, it's a misnomer to say the clean-fuel plate
> is for "hybrids." Other vehicles besides hybrids
> are eligible for that plate, including vehicles
> that run on propane and compressed natural gas and
> vehicles that run exclusively on E85. (I say
> "exclusively" because flex-fuel gas/E85 vehicles
> are NOT eligible for the obvious reason that
> flex-fuel owners would get the CF plate, then just
> run the car on normal gas all the time, defeating
> the intention of the rule.) I've known a couple of
> people with CNG-powered cars who quite legally had
> CF plates on them, yet invariably some
> self-righteous ignorant type would get pissed
> about them "cheating" by "putting hybrid plates on
> non-hybrid cars."
Not an incorrect term, given it's the term the state uses. But here's the list of the cars that qualify for the plates.
YEAR QUALIFYING VEHICLES
2012 Buick Lacross, Buick Regal, Ford Escape 2.5L, Ford Fusion 2.5L, Honda Civic 1.3L (auto-CVS trans.), Honda Civic 1.3L (manual), Honda Insight 1.3L, Infiniti M35h 3.5L, Lexus CT200h 1.8 L, Lexus RX 450h 3.5L, Lexus LS 600hL 5L, Lincoln MKZ 2.5L, Mercedes-Benz S400 3.5, Mercury MKZ 2.5L, Nissan Leaf, Tesla Roadster, Toyota Highlander 3.5L, Toyota Prius 1.8L
2011 Chevrolet Volt 1.4L, Ford Escape 2.5L, Ford Fusion 2.5L, Honda Civic 1.3L, (auto-CVS trans.), Honda CR-Z 1.5L, Honda Insight 1.3L, Hyundai Sonata 2.4L, Kia Optima 2.4L, Lexus CT200h 1.8L,Lexus HS250h 2.4L, Lexus GS450h 3.5L, Lexus RX450h 3.5L, Lexus LS 600hL 5L, Lincoln MKZ, Mazda Tribute 2.5L, Mercedes-Benz ML450 3.5, Mercedes-Benz S400 3.5, Mercury Mariner 2.5L, Mercury Milan 2.5L, Nissan Altima 2.5, Tesla Roadster, Toyota Camry 2.4L, Toyota Highlander 3.5L, Toyota Prius 1.8 L
2010 Ford Escape 2.5L, Ford Fusion 2.5L, Honda Civic 1.3L, Honda Insight 1.3L, Lexus GS450h 3.5L, Lexus HS250h 2.4L, Lexus RX450h 3.5L, Mazda Tribute 2.5L, Mercedes-Benz ML450, Mercedes-Benz S400, Mercury Mariner 2.5L, Mercury Milan 2.5L, Nissan Altima 2.5, Tesla Roadster, Toyota Camry 2.4L, Toyota Highlander 3.3L, Toyota Prius 1.8L
2009 Ford Escape, Honda Civic, Lexus GS450h, Lexus LS600h, Mazda Tribute, Mercury Mariner, Nissan Altima, Tesla Roadster, Toyota Camry, Toyota Camry Hybrid 2.4 L., Toyota Highlander, Toyota Prius
2008 Ford Escape, Honda Civic, Lexus GS450h, Lexus RX400h, Lexus LS600h, Mazda Tribute, Mercury Mariner, Nissan Altima 2.5, Tesla Roadster, Toyota Camry, Toyota Highlander, Toyota Prius
2007 Ford Escape, Honda Accord, Honda Civic, Lexus GS450h, Lexus RX400h, Mercury Mariner, Nissan Altima 2.5, Toyota Camry, Toyota Highlander, Toyota Prius
2006 Ford Escape, Honda Accord, Honda Civic, Honda Insight, Lexus RX400, Mazda Tribute, Mercury Mariner, Toyota Highlander, Toyota Prius
2005 Ford Escape, Honda Civic, Honda Insight, Toyota Prius
2004 Honda Civic, Honda Insight, Toyota Prius
2003 and Earlier Honda Civic, Honda Insight, Toyota Prius
NOTE: As new vehicles qualify, this information will be updated. Flexible fuel vehicle engines that do not utilize only a clean special fuel DO NOT qualify for the plates.