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Old Dec 1, 2025 | 02:36 PM
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I'd be happy to pay LOL
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Old Dec 1, 2025 | 08:30 PM
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Originally Posted by Mike728
I don't think this thread could go any further off the rails.

I had no idea that this was a thing in CA. How do you EV owners that live there feel about this?

Funding was always set to end in 2025, but I heard on the news that the nail in the coffin was the trump admin didn't provide anymore funding to this program, which in some part needed partial help from the feds. It really does suck as someone who paid for the the sticker on my vehicle

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Old Dec 1, 2025 | 09:45 PM
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I'd be happy to pay LOL

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Old Dec 2, 2025 | 04:06 AM
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traffic is bad enough. allocating a lane which only 10% of cars can use is pure theater, virtue-signaling and stupidity.
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Old Dec 2, 2025 | 04:08 AM
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ah… this is the way


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Old Dec 2, 2025 | 06:30 AM
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Originally Posted by bitkahuna
traffic is bad enough. allocating a lane which only 10% of cars can use is pure theater, virtue-signaling and stupidity.
I 100% agree, but if its there and I can use it, i'ma use it.

I paid $47 one time to use the HOV lane on the Beltway in VA
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Old Dec 2, 2025 | 07:43 AM
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Originally Posted by bitkahuna
ah… this is the way

Now that's a major upgrade 👍
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Old Dec 2, 2025 | 07:44 AM
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Borrrrring lol
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Old Dec 2, 2025 | 08:18 AM
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The worst part about the HOV lane is that people who drive slow hog the lane, but also people who drive slow hog the 2nd lane from the left, which is the new "fast" lane. I guess it doesn't register in their minds since they think it's not the far left.
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Old Dec 2, 2025 | 08:36 AM
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Originally Posted by RXSF
The worst part about the HOV lane is that people who drive slow hog the lane, but also people who drive slow hog the 2nd lane from the left, which is the new "fast" lane. I guess it doesn't register in their minds since they think it's not the far left.
That's a Bay Area thing, worst drivers I've ever encountered. I'm originally from SoCal, and I had to adjust to bad drivers when I moved out here. Whenever friends and family visit from SoCal, they always mention how bad the drivers here are
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ah… this is the way

I hope they have access to a L2 charger. As much as I love having a Tesla, I wouldn't have it if I lived in an apartment/condo complex.
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Old Dec 2, 2025 | 08:58 AM
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I hope they have access to a L2 charger. As much as I love having a Tesla, I wouldn't have it if I lived in an apartment/condo complex.
Here in the Bay area most new apartments/Condos etc have L2 charging. My daughter and her finance just looked at an apartment, it comes with L2 charging, if you have an EV they charge an additional $30 a month
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More money flushed down the toilet, just lovely.

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Old Dec 3, 2025 | 03:29 AM
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Originally Posted by LeX2K
More money flushed down the toilet, just lovely.

https://x.com/DriveTeslaca/status/1995921038925070774
except stalls are not only cost for the station.
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Old Dec 3, 2025 | 09:13 AM
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EV's I've leased/owned over the last 5 years

2020 Hyundai Ioniq EV


2023 Polestar 2


2023 Tesla Model Y


2023 Hyundai Ioniq 5


2024 Tesla Model 3 AWD


EV's I've driven

2024 Polestar 2


2024 BMW i4


2024 BMW i7


2024 Lucid Air


2024 Model X


2024 Rivian


2024 Model 3 Performance


2025 Model S


2025 Cyber Truck


Whew...that's a lot of EV's

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