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."

 

[Doctors Do Little]

Yes. Houston has some HOV lanes
that require 3 or more riders
during peak hours.

That's interesting. In ATL, they did away with the FREE HOV lanes as of Oct 1, so first you have to qualify for HOV lane (EV's still do) and then you have to pay a variable rate based on time of day and distance traveled...like others who have been paying to do so and AREN'T EV's or High Capacity.

 

[sodamo]

That's interesting. In ATL, they did away with the FREE HOV lanes as of Oct 1, so first you have to qualify for HOV lane (EV's still do) and then you have to pay a variable rate based on time of day and distance traveled...like others who have been paying to do so and AREN'T EV's or High Capacity.

Another instance of technology enabling increased government charges?

 

[Doctors Do Little]

Another instance of technology enabling increased government charges?

It’s cheap to use at 2am though! Bc the other lanes are…oh wait…they are mostly free too.

 

[KevinRS]

That's interesting. In ATL, they did away with the FREE HOV lanes as of Oct 1, so first you have to qualify for HOV lane (EV's still do) and then you have to pay a variable rate based on time of day and distance traveled...like others who have been paying to do so and AREN'T EV's or High Capacity.

The federal authorization for states to allow zero emission vehicles to use HOV lanes without passengers is expiring, nationwide.
Those ATL lanes might be different, as it sounds like they are toll lanes, but I'd double check before driving an EV solo there.

 

[Doctors Do Little]

The federal authorization for states to allow zero emission vehicles to use HOV lanes without passengers is expiring, nationwide.
Those ATL lanes might be different, as it sounds like they are toll lanes, but I'd double check before driving an EV solo there.

They are both…toll HOV. Used to score I85 lanes free with Peach Pass EV registration. No mas.