Teslas are welcome in Arizona

[DopeGhoti]

Going back to the HOV plate topic, can we keep the HOV license plate in perpetuity? I have a BMW i3 with the HOV plate that I plan to transfer to my new Model 3. But can I transfer it to the Model Y if at some point I'd like to get that car? I haven't read the law but I think that as long as the car is electric, we can do so.

The way the law is currently written, and vehicle that is fully electric, fuel cell, or CNG-powered is entitled for the AFV (Alternative Fuel Vehicle) plate which grants access to the HOV lane with one occupant at all times. You should be able to transfer said plate from car to car as long as:
* You are going from AFV to AFV, and
* The company you are purchasing from doesn't do any oddball AZ MVD hijinks.

It is entirely possible that you will not be able to move your plate from one Tesla to another directly, as Tesla does seem to employ some other-than-normal MVD hijinks. Every other vehicle I've purchased in AZ, I either transferred my plate at the dealer when trading in or got my plate directly from the MVD. With the Tesla, for reasons I don't even want to try to unravel, the MVD sent the plate to Tesla in California, who then FedExed the plate to me. In doing so, they failed to file the paperwork for the vehicle I traded in, so I got a letter saying the registration of my trade-in was going to be rescinded. I had to go in myself to register the sale (and get my registration fee refund), which is another aberration from the norm.

 

[JBT66]

Strange I didn’t have anything like that for mine. Received the plate in the mail a few days before the paper tags were set to expire.

 

[Cavadic]

We park free at city, county and state facilities including the airport (well, up to 30 days at the airport). But every time I park at street parking, I keep looking over my shoulder for someone to say, "tsk, tsk".

How and where is the free airport parking? I travel for work a week at a time and looking to save on parking!

 

[fryrice]

Right now there are no limits on Alt Fuel plate numbers, so no reason you can't get/transfer to another fully electric car. They limit the "energy efficient" plate numbers, but those are different.

One of the sales guys I was talking to in Scottsdale was trying to convince me to get my car before year-end because the AZ alternative fuel plates were rumored to be possibly going away in 2020.

He.may be full of it, dunno.

 

[Akikiki]

How and where is the free airport parking? I travel for work a week at a time and looking to save on parking!

How and where? Any airport in Hawaii.

 

[Evoforce]

Arizona thread...

 

[destructure00]

One of the sales guys I was talking to in Scottsdale was trying to convince me to get my car before year-end because the AZ alternative fuel plates were rumored to be possibly going away in 2020.

He.may be full of it, dunno.

I haven't read anything about the program expiring. I'd bet he's full of it, or maybe confused with the tax credit going away?

 

[Chancellor32]

One of the sales guys I was talking to in Scottsdale was trying to convince me to get my car before year-end because the AZ alternative fuel plates were rumored to be possibly going away in 2020.

He.may be full of it, dunno.

Not the AF plates but cheap registration. originally it was going away 01/01/2020 but now has been pushed back to 01/01/2022.

 

[Amarokz]

Not the AF plates but cheap registration. originally it was going away 01/01/2020 but now has been pushed back to 01/01/2022.

I just got my M3 this week and they registered it for a year. So this means next year I can pay for the 5 year registration and have a total of 6 years at the lower rate?

 

[Chancellor32]

I just got my M3 this week and they registered it for a year. So this means next year I can pay for the 5 year registration and have a total of 6 years at the lower rate?

Correct! Are you sure you only registered it for 1yr?

 

[Don TLR]

Good thing they moved the Cybertruck release date up, hopefully before the rates go up

 

[Amarokz]

Correct! Are you sure you only registered it for 1yr?

Not completely. That’s based off the temporary registration that was in the car when I picked it up. Says it expired in a year. I assumed the real one would come in a month or two with the same expiration date.

 

[vickh]

Good thing they moved the Cybertruck release date up, hopefully before the rates go up

or hopefully the SR Y

 

[Chancellor32]

or hopefully the SR Y

SR?! Buddy you need the LR!

 

[Saguarojoe]

I just got my M3 this week and they registered it for a year. So this means next year I can pay for the 5 year registration and have a total of 6 years at the lower rate?

I don’t understand. Why only a year. Something wrong.

 

[Evoforce]

I don’t understand. Why only a year. Something wrong.

It has to do with when his birthday is and they base the plate registration ending after his birth month.

 

[vickh]

It has to do with when his birthday is and they base the plate registration ending after his birth month.

that must have changed recently.

 

[Big Ike]

In my experience, the plate usually arrives about a day or three before your temp tags expire. It's stressful and I don't know why they do it that way, but they do.

Just to stress us out...

 

[Big Ike]

Going back to the HOV plate topic, can we keep the HOV license plate in perpetuity? I have a BMW i3 with the HOV plate that I plan to transfer to my new Model 3. But can I transfer it to the Model Y if at some point I'd like to get that car? I haven't read the law but I think that as long as the car is electric, we can do so.

I transferred my plate from my Model S to my Model X this year in about 10 minutes. I use ASAP Title Services in Tempe. I pay a premium (maybe $25 per transaction) but they knock it out painlessly every time.

 

[MorrisonHiker]

I guess Teslas are no longer welcome in Arizona?

Vehicle license tax formula for alternative fuel cars changing in 2022 | Department of Transportation

PHOENIX – Changes to state law mean that drivers who purchase alternative fuel vehicles will pay the same vehicle license tax (VLT) rate as other drivers by 2023.

azdot.gov