Good. I always found that weird. To me, the carpool lane is there to encourage drivers to put more people in their cars in order to reduce traffic. Allowing a single-rider EV to use the carpool lane doesn't do that.

It just felt like a ham-fisted way to incentivize EV purchases, when there are better ways to do that.

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tanaros 15 hours ago | parent [-]

It makes sense if you view the HOV lane primarily as a way to reduce emissions, not traffic. This is also why e.g. single-rider motorcycles are often allowed to use HOV lanes as well.

	▲	lurking_swe 8 hours ago \| parent [-]
		buying an EV does not actually reduce emissions like magic, unless the owner drives that car for a looooong time. Like 10-15+ years. Manufacturing an EV car uses a lot more emissions than an ICE car initially, due to the huge battery. If the goal is to reduce emissions overall, then target incentives appropriately: - tax deduction at purchase - tax deduction for drivers of old (10 yr+) EV vehicles. This incentivizes EV purchase AND driving that vehicle for a long time. In contrast, allowing EV drivers to use a carpool lane does no such thing IMO.