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Wait, single-occupant Tesla cars get to use the carpool lane? Thanks for giving me another reason to hate this company. It's not easy anymore but it turns out

• wpietri 8y ago
  In CA, yes. It's mainly a high-occupancy vehicle lane, but some "clean-air" vehicles also are allowed: http://www.dot.ca.gov/trafficops/tm/hov.html http://www.dot.ca.gov/trafficops/tm/hov.html That strikes me as similar to the subsidy that Tesla got. It's a reasonable thing to do so that we start shifting away fossil carbon, but it should expire in short order.
• SECProto 8y ago
  No, single occupant electric cars. It's a state incentive, and as sibling comment said, it's not something sustainable long-term, but a short term perk that might tip some people to get an electric car who wouldn't have otherwise
• innocentoldguy 8y ago
  Utah also allows EVs and hybrids to use the commuter lane with single occupants, but it is utterly pointless since the money-grubbing fuck-ups who run the state also implemented a toll system that allows any single-occupant vehicle to use the commuter lane. This makes it so the commuter lane is always more backed up than the rest of the lanes. The police typically move crashed vehicles into this lane as well, making it even worse. There is ZERO incentive to car pool because you’re typically better off not being in the commuter lane.
• newnewpdro 8y ago
  It's not some Tesla-specific privilege, relax.