By Leftlane Staff
Tuesday, May 9th, 2006 @ 9:57 am

General Motors and Ford want the federal government to force New York and California to allow their hybrid vehicles in highway carpool lanes, reports Bloomberg. Currently, solo drivers of Toyota and Honda hybrids that get at least 45 mpg are allowed in the lanes, which are normally restricted to carpoolers only. “We believe we’re being unfairly treated,” said Ford’s Jerry Roussel. “It’s discriminating, we think, against a U.S. manufacturer like Ford, which we believe has implemented state-of-the-art technology.”

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