Thieves in California are reportedly stealing or otherwise stocking up on logo badging from hybrid cars, in an attempt to exploit pending actions in California to allow solo drivers of hybrids to use car-pool lanes or park for free. They're hoping police are dumb enough to believe their, say, 1985 Pontiac Bonneville affixed with the badge from a Prius, is a hybrid. It's just like the run on blow-up dolls in the early 1990s, only without the after-hours implications.
Thieves Taking the Hybrid Off Of Hybrid Cars [Mixed Power]
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Berkeley Offers Free Parking for Hybrids [internal]