ATLANTA — Some of the biggest incentives for owning an electric or hybrid vehicle in both Georgia and all of the U.S. are about to expire.

Starting Sept. 30, alternative fuel vehicle (AFV) owners will no longer be exempt from paying tolls or using HOV lanes solo . A 2015 federal law that also granted tax credits to eligible buyers of certain EV models is reaching its 10-year deadline.

“For alternative fuel vehicles, the exemption in the HOV lane that they have enjoyed for the past 10 years is expiring,” said Natalie Dale, GDOT spokesperson. “There was always within that law a 10-year sunset.”

Dale noted that EV drivers can still use HOV lanes - if they carpool.

“Carpooling on those lanes, that is a great way to continue to be able to use the HOV with your AFV — it’s not to be that SO

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