HOV

abbreviation

1. high-occupancy vehicle: a car or other vehicle carrying a required minimum number of passengers, usually two.

Word History and Origins

Origin of HOV¹

1990–95

Example Sentences

The program, Bento argued, was designed as an “environmental incentive but it didn’t deliver meaningful carbon dioxide emission reductions,” because HOV lanes crowded a mix of gas-fueled and clean-air vehicles translated to an increase in pollution.

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“Now that California has hundreds of thousands of zero-emission vehicles, they can take up a lot of space in the HOV lanes, and those were meant to incentivize people to carpool,” he said.

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Without the program, drivers will lose access to the carpool lane, but Magavern said it should also mean less congestion in the HOV lanes.

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“Just like a lot of other incentives, the HOV lane access through the Clean Air Vehicle Program is one of those things that drivers look to to assess the overall package of what it’s like to either go electric or to get that next electric vehicle,” said Alexia Martineau, senior policy manager for Plug in America.

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Jiminez of San Diego was driving a 2023 red Tesla Model Y southbound at a high rate of speed in the HOV lane and “intentionally drove into the rear of a 2025 gray BMW motorcycle,” the CHP said.

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