Digital license plates, which have been piloted in California since 2018, with just 175,000 participants, are now available to all of the state’s 27 million drivers, thanks to Assembly Bill 984.

California License Plates Go Digital; ... then likely Georgia and Texas and others Boston declined to name—which is why the company claims there could be 100,000 or so in use by the end of 2021.

Digital license plates are currently legal to buy in California, Arizona and Michigan, and commercially legal in Texas; they’re legal to drive with nationwide though.

The digital, tablet-like license plates raise privacy and safety fears — concerns the bill addresses by banning them from using GPS except in certain cases, like on fleet and commercial vehicles.

The plates are not cheap – coming in just under $700, plus an $8 per month service plan – and are not available through the DMV. Drivers will have to go to a dealership to have the digital ...

A digital license plate made by Bay Area company Reviver Auto is displayed at Reviver Auto headquarters on May 30, 2018 in Foster City, California. Credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images.

The goal is basically the same regardless of what name is given to the technology—no-process, process-free or non-process plates. Since computer-to-plate production is all about taking steps ...

Around 175,000 drivers in the Golden State had used digital license plates as part of a pilot California has approved a new way to track everywhere you go. Surely it won’t be abused by the ...

The digital license plates are also available in California and Michigan, with plans in the works to roll out the technology in Texas, Florida, Washington, and internationally in Canada and Dubai ...

Digital plates can be used in US, Canada and Mexico Kayla Clarke , Senior Web Producer Published: June 11, 2022 at 9:33 AM Updated: July 24, 2024 at 2:22 PM ...

Drivers in Michigan can begin using digital license plates after the Michigan legislature passed a bill allowing the technology in Michigan. The state passed Public Act 656 of 2018 enabling the ...