Vanity Plates?

[Lightning Rod]

August 4th 2022

Ok. I have you mixed up with someone else ha ha.

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[TaxmanHog]

Ok. I have you mixed up with someone else ha ha.

I was a member of the 6/6/22 build week, but you see me posting in a many different build week treads, as a moderator and facilitator when questions pop up.

 

[kskaplan25]

We are pretty limited in MA on vanity plates... if I was going to get one for my Lightning, I'd pick from one of these 2 options (but I prefer to have the special EV plates so people actually know I'm driving an EV, and you can't customize those one):

(Lightning McQueen from Cars catch phrase!)

(Does that even need an explanation? Throw down the lightning bolts!)

My husband was going to get Kachow for his plate too. We also thought of getting one that says McQueen too. Don’t worry, we aren’t in MA.

 

[It's Just Me]

I live in NH, and we can get vanity Veteran's plates. I have had mine for 11 years since I've lived here. Though lately I think it has taken on a different meaning since I've gone electric, It has been:

FREEDM (Vet plates are limited to 6 characters, so I had to drop a letter somewhere.)

 

[jimfigler]

It’s hard to believe, but my financially-broke state of Illinois doesn’t allow me to pay them extra money to get a vanity plate for an EV.
There has been a bill floating around the legislature since 2020 to allow vanity plates on EVs, but they can’t seem to pass it. But, hey….last year we got new laws designating an official state rock and state snake, so there is that!

You can’t get vanity plates in general or just not on an EV? The latter would seem very odd.

 

[Maquis]

You can’t get vanity plates in general or just not on an EV? The latter would seem very odd.

Just for EVs. We don’t call it “Hellinois” for nothing!

 

[jimfigler]

Just for EVs. We don’t call it “Hellinois” for nothing!

Just differentiating between EVs and others cars in general seems weird. Are EVs registered differently? Is it for road taxes or something?

 

[Maquis]

Just differentiating between EVs and others cars in general seems weird. Are EVs registered differently? Is it for road taxes or something?

Yes…we have special plates whose numbers end in “EL” for EVs. An extra $100 per year over regular to make up for what we don’t pay in motor fuel taxes.
When this was codified into law, it was written to require the special “EL” plate. Our legislators aren’t the sharpest knives in the drawer.

 

[bellyer]

Yes…we have special plates whose numbers end in “EL” for EVs. An extra $100 per year over regular to make up for what we don’t pay in motor fuel taxes.
When this was codified into law, it was written to require the special “EL” plate. Our legislators aren’t the sharpest knives in the drawer.

The state has run out of EL tags, so there is no longer any distinction between EV plates and regular plates. The Mach-E I bought a couple years back has EL tags, but the Lightning I bought in November has regular truck tags because there are no more EL tags available. Pretty sure we are allowed vanity tags now. I tried the vanity tag tool on the IL Secretary of State website and put in my VIN and it was going to let me purchase vanity "B" truck tags to replace my regular "B" truck tags.

 

[honus01]

This is the most obscure vanity plate out there.
It’s the medical code for “Shock due to being struck by lightning, initial encounter.”
I love it because it looks like a state induced gibberish code.

 

[Dadalorian13]

 

[jefrank]

I was hoping to get ELKTRA (what I named the Lightning) on the throw-back blue/yellow plate here in Michigan, but it disappeared while I was waiting for my tags to officially transfer from my 2005 Silverado ... now I check in from time to time to see if something I want becomes available.

 

[Maquis]

The state has run out of EL tags, so there is no longer any distinction between EV plates and regular plates. The Mach-E I bought a couple years back has EL tags, but the Lightning I bought in November has regular truck tags because there are no more EL tags available. Pretty sure we are allowed vanity tags now. I tried the vanity tag tool on the IL Secretary of State website and put in my VIN and it was going to let me purchase vanity "B" truck tags to replace my regular "B" truck tags.

My dealer wasn’t aware of that or I would have transferred the tags from the ICE F-150 that I traded in. Can’t say I’m surprised, though.

 

[lroessler]

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