EVs will not be allowed on HOV lanes with only a driver after September 30

[Letas]

Bummer!

You should buy it if you need a new car, can afford it, and this car fits your needs the best of available cars on the market.

 

[Lynn]

Oh, no, I guess my eMGB will also not be allowed in 3+ HOV lanes!

 

[BobSentMe]

And on the HOV 3+ lanes
a Slate truck will need the optional SUV package.

No $7,500 tax credit, no HOV lane.
Remind me, why I should buy one.

For three years on my commute to work
my Yamaha V-Max got 40 mpg
and passed 1,000 bumper to bumper vehicles
as I cruised 11 miles of HOV lane.
I was spoiled.

Maybe you'll stop posting in iambic parameter?

 

[Daemoch]

I think rear facing bed seats would be difficult to fit. Just behind the rear wall of the "truck" configuration, there is a panel in the bed that gets removed to become a footwell, and the rear seat sits directly on the bed just behind that footwell, from what I've seen. A rear facing seat would have you stretching your legs towards the back of the bed. The battery probably starts behind that footwell, under the bed, so it's a fixed position.

Subaru brat just bolted (hard plastic) seats to the bed. There was nothing fancy about it; you're over thinking this / expecting too much from Subaru! lol

 

[Mad Mac]

The Subaru Brat bed mounted seats
was a workaround
to classify it as an SUV instead of a truck.

The Johnson 25% "Chicken Tax" tariff
also applied to Japanese trucks.
Subsequently modified by Reagan
to close the chassis cab loophole,
it ultimately prompted the Japanese
to move production into the US.

For example my Nissan Hardbody
was made in Smyrna, Tennessee.

 

[Daemoch]

The Subaru Brat bed mounted seats
was a workaround
to classify it as an SUV instead of a truck.

Yup. Which only reinforces my point that it's possible - "Where there's a will, there's a way."