mnx
2013 P85
Just picked up my green plates... I had to wait forever, while they called the MTO to verify things etc...
The upside is that I got a 2 year old set of green plates with a very low # on them.
The upside is that I got a 2 year old set of green plates with a very low # on them.
mknox
Well-Known Member
Just picked up my green plates... I had to wait forever, while they called the MTO to verify things etc...
The upside is that I got a 2 year old set of green plates with a very low # on them.
What's the process? Do you have to turn in the Blue plates at the same time? Costs?
When I picked my Model S up, I thought they were going to flip the plates over from my trade-in, but the Model S was already fitted with new Blue plates and I had to return the old car's plates myself. I'm still waiting for the refund (even though I've already received my $8,500 EV rebate). I was a bit pissed because I had renewed my old car's plate just before my birthday, and ended up turning them back in still before my birthday, and got dinged with some sort of service charge. They gave me a receipt and said the cheque would be in the mail. Still waiting.
mnx
2013 P85
I went to the local service ontario, gave them my ownership, insurance and blue plates. They made me write something and sign it, saying that my car was fully electric.
They then printed a new ownership and gave me green plates. Pretty simple process if it weren't for them having to phone the MTO to sort everything out. That easily added 30 minutes... Cost is 22$.
They then printed a new ownership and gave me green plates. Pretty simple process if it weren't for them having to phone the MTO to sort everything out. That easily added 30 minutes... Cost is 22$.
hingisfan
hingisfan_Mark_V
Totally off topic but wondering if any Ontario owners got the green license plates? And if so, are there any highways that can actually benefit from it?
techMology
Member
Canadian Superchargers
I have them.
You can drive in the QEW, 403, and 404 HOV lanes with only 1 occupant. I think that's it. Oh, maybe the 417 in Ottawa.
Otherwise, they are a conversation piece mostly, and the trillium graphic is pretty in between the letters and the number. The green font colour I originally didn't care for, but it goes nice with my grey paint.
I have them.
You can drive in the QEW, 403, and 404 HOV lanes with only 1 occupant. I think that's it. Oh, maybe the 417 in Ottawa.
Otherwise, they are a conversation piece mostly, and the trillium graphic is pretty in between the letters and the number. The green font colour I originally didn't care for, but it goes nice with my grey paint.
Doug_G
Lead Moderator
Yes, of course there are thousands of them. Here's the very first Ontario Green Vehicle plate ever registered... GVAA 001, from back in 2010.
techMology
Member
Doug_G
Lead Moderator
Yep and yep. Passenger is Ian Law of ILR Car Control School. As you can see we're doing a high-G turn.
techMology
Member
Love the colour of your Roadster.
Did you get a heads up on the plate being available, or were you just hanging out at your local MTO office daily? ;-)
Doug_G
Lead Moderator
I actually delayed delivery of my car by a month and a half (extremely painful to do!) so I could take advantage of the Green Vehicle Program... i.e. get the very first $8500 rebate. As a result my car was registered with the MTO on the very first day of the Green Vehicle program. So the plate number was part timing and part sheer luck; when Tesla went to the MTO office to get my plate, it just happened to be the office that had received the 001 plate. So appropriately enough the first Green Vehicle plate ever registered was #001.
techMology
Member
Doug_G
Lead Moderator
All the Leaf owners in town are very jealous of my plate.
For a while after that, Tesla was helping Roadster owners get the plate number they wanted. They'd call around to the local office to see if the plate in question was available, and if so they'd register it there. So I know someone with the 007 plate. I'm quite sure they don't do that anymore!
For a while after that, Tesla was helping Roadster owners get the plate number they wanted. They'd call around to the local office to see if the plate in question was available, and if so they'd register it there. So I know someone with the 007 plate. I'm quite sure they don't do that anymore!
inottawa
Member
On a small, east bound, portion of the 417 between Kanata and the 416/417 split that never sees traffic at all.
I've tried to contact the MTO to see if they're planning on adding more, with no luck.
http://www.mto.gov.on.ca/graphics/english/dandv/vehicle/electric/ev-HOV-lanes-enlargement.jpg
Note the 'planned' portion of the 417. It was been 'planned' since 2010!
Doug_G
Lead Moderator
When I used to live in Kanata the morning rush hour was brutal on that stretch. Of course the HOV lane is totally useless to me now.
Sorry for resurrecting an old thread, but for all the 2012/Signature folk, did you have a hard time getting a Green plate? My CPO Signature was delivered with blue plates almost a month ago, and the delivery specialist told me that the MTO has 2012 Teslas listed as hybrids and couldn't get me a plate. As of last week he still hadn't been able to get me a green plate, and I suspect he's moved on to other deliveries. Any experiences from other folk and suggestions for me? It just seems wrong to have a non-vanity blue plate on this car.
mknox
Well-Known Member
Sorry for resurrecting an old thread, but for all the 2012/Signature folk, did you have a hard time getting a Green plate? My CPO Signature was delivered with blue plates almost a month ago, and the delivery specialist told me that the MTO has 2012 Teslas listed as hybrids and couldn't get me a plate. As of last week he still hadn't been able to get me a green plate, and I suspect he's moved on to other deliveries. Any experiences from other folk and suggestions for me? It just seems wrong to have a non-vanity blue plate on this car.
I had a blue number plate on my car for over two years. Personally, I couldn't care less, but I was getting pestered so much with "why don't you have green plates" questions that I finally went in to the MOT to get them. It turns out, after an hour with the clerk, her supervisor and the MOT on the phone that my car was still registered incorrectly and they couldn't issue them. I said fine, I'll keep the blue plates, but they told me my car would eventually come up for a Drive Clean test and since they wouldn't be able to do one, they wouldn't be able to renew my tags! They said I'd have to get an original signed letter from Tesla in California attesting to a number of things about the car, including its electric power-train. They grabbed my old blue plates out of the trash and I was on my way. After some back and forth with Tesla, I made an appointment at the Lawrence store and they took care of the changeover for me.
Mine was an early 2013 car. The fellow at Tesla said they started having problems like this again recently. I believe Tesla is registering the cars incorrectly when they are being imported into Ontario, but can't say for sure. What I know is that at the MOT office, they simply type in the VIN and all of the car's particulars are supposed to come up. I know of one other Model S owner who's car is registered as a Roadster. At least it's electric and he won't have the Drive Clean problem.
It would probably be wise for anyone with blue Vanity Plates to check your registration and make sure it is listed as a Model S electric vehicle. You might not even be aware of a problem until you get a Drive Clean notice in the mail!
iKhalid
Member
I don't think this is an issue anymore with newer Teslas (mine is from April 2014). When I went to change my address on my driver's license and car registration from Ottawa to Mississauga, the lady at Services Ontario looked at me and said my car should have green plates so why I have blue ones. I explained that vanity plates don't come in green and she confirmed with the supervisor. I think they get a pop up in the screen that "this car is eligible for green plates".
Now that I live in the GTA, I'm considering the green plates... God I miss Ottawa so much! :crying:
mknox
Well-Known Member
No, but there could be some cars with personalized blue plates from my era, or even some cars delivered very recently. The Tesla rep (sorry, forgot his name) mentioned they were having this registration problem again just recently. This was in late June, 2015.
mknox, I'm glad you got your problem cleared up; when you told it to me originally, I was puzzled as to why the mixup, and now, even more, that it has come up again.
I'd like to see additional privileges granted to all electric cars (PHEV, ZEV), which I see as encouragement to adopting the technology and reducing pollution. Got any suggestions? :wink:
I'd like to see additional privileges granted to all electric cars (PHEV, ZEV), which I see as encouragement to adopting the technology and reducing pollution. Got any suggestions? :wink:
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