What are these windshield stickers I keep seeing?

[zhu-]

I see them all the time in Youtube video's of Model 3s but have no idea what they are. Some requirement for EVs?

 

[kengchang]

Temp registration in CA

 

[BOBEDIGITL]

Not sure about other states but those are temporary registration stickers in CA. They're applied to any new vehicle purchase, not just Tesla.

 

[zhu-]

Oh ok thanks. I guess many of the Youtube channels I watch doing Tesla videos are from CA.

 

[Sledgeek]

We have the same stickers on deliveries to Utah.

 

[Lunares]

Yea, as soon as you get your plates those stickers come off

 

[MMBTUS]

Florida uses a sorta similar decal for HOV-eligible EVs. Can’t bring myself to stick it on the windshield.

 

[EldestOyster]

Be grateful you aren't required to stick four of them (HOV) on the body (also California)

 

[SJC3]

Yea, as soon as you get your plates those stickers come off

Except many Californians leave the temp tag on with no plate for as long as they can get away with. Ive got neighbors/scammers that have never put on their plates on for the past 4 years.

 

[NathanielHrnblwr]

Except many Californians leave the temp tag on with no plate for as long as they can get away with. Ive got neighbors/scammers that have never put on their plates on for the past 4 years.

Sadly, this will end shortly after the first of the year and cars with dealer ad plates will start getting tickets after January. A new car on 12/31/18 will get the window sticker and should have plates well before end of January. We get the ugly temp paper plates 1/1/19 and after like the rest of the states use.

 

[Kichwas]

License plates are so 20th century.

We could replace the whole system with a Bluetooth (or other system) chip...

 

[xilex]

Sadly, this will end shortly after the first of the year and cars with dealer ad plates will start getting tickets after January. A new car on 12/31/18 will get the window sticker and should have plates well before end of January. We get the ugly temp paper plates 1/1/19 and after like the rest of the states use.

Damn. I've used that sticker to avoid putting a front license plate. I have the back plate installed, of course.

 

[BluestarE3]

License plates are so 20th century.

We could replace the whole system with a Bluetooth (or other system) chip...

Unless there was also some visual identification, how would you be able to report a car to the authorities that, say, was involved in a hit-and-run or weaving on the freeway?

 

[PoitNarf]

EVs in NJ are sticker free. The only sticker you would see on a regular ICE vehicle in NJ is the inspection sticker but since EVs don’t require any inspection we’ve got no stickers. It’s very nice to have a naked windshield for the first time.

 

[Gwgan]

EVs don’t require any inspection

So this would be legal on New Jersey roads?

 

[NathanielHrnblwr]

Damn. I've used that sticker to avoid putting a front license plate. I have the back plate installed, of course.

Yeah, one of the temp tag benefits.

 

[JayNJ]

So this would be legal on New Jersey roads?

No because you couldn't register it most likely (probably can't get insurance), which means no plates. But who knows maybe you could. The only thing they test in NJ is emissions. So EVs are exempt as are older cars before '97. And then newer ones are very infrequently, like every 5 years or something.