California DMV - Plates & HOV Stickers

[spiderbro]

FYI, I took delivery of my car on 9/23. Although I had not yet received my plates, I mailed in my application for HOV stickers on 9/30. DMV cashed my check on 10/18.

So it appears the DMV approved my application even though I didn't have my license plates at the time I applied. I was preparing to get a rejection letter and reapply...glad I won't have to.

You left the plate box empty on the application and they still processed it?

 

[Buddy]

You left the plate box empty on the application and they still processed it?

Thats what i did. Got my stickers just a bit after my plates

 

[CalBlue 85D]

You left the plate box empty on the application and they still processed it?

I've seen many cars with HOV stickers that still have the Tesla paper plates on them waiting for the license plates and I was wondering how they were getting stickers first.

 

[spiderbro]

Yeah, after reading through a bit more of the forum there seem to be many threads indicating that if you send in your application after Tesla has registered the car with the DMV then the DMV will approve it without the plate # on your application.

 

[jerjozwik]

good info for posterity.

 

[Oceanwolf]

I saw a Model S being ticketed for not having HOV tags on 101 southbound around Tully Road. The Motorcycle cop is generally in that area every morning.

 

[HumanGenome]

I am sure this may have been answered before but is there a way to get license plate # for CAV application prior to DMV mailing it on a new Tesla?

 

[miimura]

I am sure this may have been answered before but is there a way to get license plate # for CAV application prior to DMV mailing it on a new Tesla?

If Tesla really wanted to, they could get the information for you shortly after delivery. However, it's not necessary. As long as DMV receives your CAV application (with plate number blank) after the paperwork for the plates has been processed, they will know the plate number based on the VIN and will issue your stickers and certificate without delay. Many people have received the stickers and the plates during the same week with this method.

 

[timeslip]

Yeah, after reading through a bit more of the forum there seem to be many threads indicating that if you send in your application after Tesla has registered the car with the DMV then the DMV will approve it without the plate # on your application.

How many days after you take delivery from Tesla will they have registered it? I'd like to get mine in sooner than later.

 

[dmode]

Does anyone know how long it takes for DMV to process the application and mail the decals ? It has been a month and I haven't received my stickers yet

 

[CalBlue 85D]

Does anyone know how long it takes for DMV to process the application and mail the decals ? It has been a month and I haven't received my stickers yet

Ours took about a month and we applied in late November '16.

 

[Getinring]

Has anyone heard anything about extension of the sticker past Jan 2019?

 

[SubSolar]

Has anyone heard anything about extension of the sticker past Jan 2019?

I doubt we will get an extension, unfortunately. There will be way too many EV's in California, probably half a million model 3's alone by 2019.

I'm guessing only hydrogen cars will get a sticker.

 

[FlatSix911]

I doubt we will get an extension, unfortunately. There will be way too many EV's in California, probably half a million model 3's alone by 2019. I'm guessing only hydrogen cars will get a sticker.

I am afraid you are right ... no more HOV access after January 2019 so enjoy the next 2 years

 

[dmode]

I am afraid you are right ... no more HOV access after January 2019 so enjoy the next 2 years

Just to clarify, you are speculating that there would be no NEW EVs with access to HOV after Jan 2019, right ? I am assuming that cars with existing stickers can still continue to use the Carpool lane ?

 

[bxr140]

Stickers are not indefinite. They have an expiration. The original yellow stickers, for instance, are LONG expired.

 

[Az_Rael]

Just to clarify, you are speculating that there would be no NEW EVs with access to HOV after Jan 2019, right ? I am assuming that cars with existing stickers can still continue to use the Carpool lane ?

No, all white and green stickers expire in 2019. So no one will be able use them unless the program is extended

The state might decide the sticker program has met its goals to increase EV adoption just like they did with the yellow hybrid stickers back in the day. Like someone else said, they might come out with a new color sticker for hydrogen cars or some other new technology they are trying to promote.

 

[Nosken]

Hoping, that if they feel thay have to do someting, they "sunset" the Green (plug in hybrid) Sticker, and continue our White sticker a bit longer.

 

[miimura]

The latest legislation that removed the cap from the Green Stickers had language requiring Caltrans to periodically evaluate the load that the HOV sticker program (and carpool cheating) was putting on the HOV lanes and its effect on overall traffic patterns on those freeways. One would hope that those evaluations would lead to sensible program modifications in the future.

 

[dmode]

The way things are going, I think all HOV lanes will eventually be replaced by toll lanes. I-880 in the Bay Area is about to get toll lanes. Wondering what the white stickers will mean in that context, toll free with the sticker ?