{"id":3019,"date":"2012-11-09T08:39:58","date_gmt":"2012-11-09T16:39:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.corbinstreehouse.com\/blog\/2012\/11\/ev-converstions-and-white-clean-air-stickers\/"},"modified":"2018-11-03T13:36:27","modified_gmt":"2018-11-03T20:36:27","slug":"ev-converstions-and-white-clean-air-stickers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.corbinstreehouse.com\/blog\/2012\/11\/ev-converstions-and-white-clean-air-stickers\/","title":{"rendered":"EV Converstions and white Clean Air Stickers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"top\" \/>\n<p>In California, EVs can get a clean air sticker and the right to use the carpool lane while solo (also called the High Occupancy Vehicle lane, or HOV). I love the fact that California is promoting clean energy.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.corbinstreehouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/201211090832.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"106\" alt=\"201211090832.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Apparently the DMV has stopped giving out the white stickers to DIY conversions (based on <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.mr2ev.com\/?p=568\">this post from mr2ev.com<\/a>)! I think I got really lucky in getting mine. One thing to note from this page on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dmv.ca.gov\/vr\/decal.htm\">DMV Website<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0.7em 0em 0.9em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: #505050; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 14px; text-align: -webkit-auto; font-weight: bold;\"><i>12. Q: I want to convert my gasoline powered vehicle to a qualifying fuel type so I can qualify for <acronym title=\"Clean Air Vehicle\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;\">CAV<\/acronym> decals. What are the requirements?<\/i><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0.7em 0em 0.9em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: #505050; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 14px; text-align: -webkit-auto;\"><i><strong>A<\/strong>: Contact <acronym title=\"Air Resources Board\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;\">ARB<\/acronym> <strong style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;\">prior<\/strong> to conversion to determine if converting your vehicle is possible and follows current law. For more information visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.arb.ca.gov\/msprog\/carpool\/carpool.htm\" style=\"text-decoration: none; color: #1F70A7;\"><acronym title=\"Air Resources Board\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;\">ARB<\/acronym><\/a> or call 1-800-242-4450.You must obtain a certification from <acronym title=\"Air Resources Board\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;\">ARB<\/acronym> if your vehicle\u2019s motive power was changed as a result of an aftermarket conversion (e.g., gasoline to electric). A copy of the <acronym title=\"Air Resources Board\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;\">ARB<\/acronym> certification letter must be attached to the <acronym title=\"Clean Air Vehicle\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;\">CAV<\/acronym> decal application<\/i><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0.7em 0em 0.9em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: #505050; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 14px; text-align: -webkit-auto;\">So, apparently it might be possible to do so, if you follow the right steps.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0.7em 0em 0.9em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: #505050; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 14px; text-align: -webkit-auto;\">We should encourage them to allow more home-brew EV conversions. If you have a conversion, please contact: Ms. Shobna Sahni, (626) 450-6104, ssahni@arb.ca.gov.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In California, EVs can get a clean air sticker and the right to use the carpool lane while solo (also called the High Occupancy Vehicle lane, or HOV). I love the fact that California is&#8230; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.corbinstreehouse.com\/blog\/2012\/11\/ev-converstions-and-white-clean-air-stickers\/\">[read more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3018,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3019","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-electric-bug"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.corbinstreehouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/201211090832.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8zn47-MH","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.corbinstreehouse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3019","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.corbinstreehouse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.corbinstreehouse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.corbinstreehouse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.corbinstreehouse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3019"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.corbinstreehouse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3019\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5465,"href":"https:\/\/www.corbinstreehouse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3019\/revisions\/5465"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.corbinstreehouse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3018"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.corbinstreehouse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3019"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.corbinstreehouse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3019"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.corbinstreehouse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3019"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}