Incentives for Cleaner Cars

In order to meet California's health based air quality standards and greenhouse gas emission reduction goals, the cars we drive and the fuel we use must be transformed away from petroleum.

The California legislature adopted programs to allow single occupancy use of select advanced clean cars in HOV or carpool lanes to promote the purchase and lease of the cleanest models. This type of incentive for early purchases of the cleanest vehicles helps motivate consumers to select these new technologies that build demand and, over time, bring down costs.