California's Clean Air Vehicle Decal program will expire on Oct. 1 according to the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV).

Since 2001, the DMV says they’ve issued over 1 million decals to owners of electric and hybrid vehicles.

“That sticker is good for four years to where you can use the HOV lane as a single driver or a single person in a car, you don't have to have other people in the vehicle,” said Elaine Borseth.

Borseth is president of the Electric Vehicle Association of San Diego, and drives a Tesla Model S.

“It's a big perk for people that are in areas especially like San Diego, or LA or San Francisco where traffic is an issue,” Borseth said.

/ KPBS

Sona Sefcikova said her CAV decal expires the same day the program is set to end. She said the lack of the benefit might influence

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