Since 1980, California’s passenger car license plates have followed the same format: one number, three letters, and three numbers (think 1ABC234). But that tried-and-true combo is at the end of ...

SAN DIEGO — The California Department of Motor Vehicles has announced plans to introduce a new license plate format in 2026, as the current system is projected to exhaust all available combinations.

Prior to 1980, California license plates followed a different, shortened format. The six-figure plates consisted of three numerals followed by three letters.

California is set to run out of license plate numbers by next year, with the DMV rolling out a new format in 2026 that will mirror the previous sequence.

Such as a European-format plate. There are a few very practical arguments for such a plate format. First, when it comes to symbol recognition, European-format license plates are far more legible, ...

The existing license plate format, introduced in 1980, follows a sequence of one number, three letters, and three numbers, for example 1ABC234.

The DMV told the outlet that the current license plate format will be exhausted at some point of next year. That format — one number, followed by three letters, then three more numbers — has ...

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There are cheap and expensive name plates for homes, etc. ... Punjab have a standard plate format. Karachi should follow the same. The name plates are issued by the registration authority.

A Canadian provincial government has withdrawn a man's eponymous personalized vehicle license plate, saying Lorne Grabher's surname is offensive to women when viewed on his car bumper.

California is nearing the end of numbers available for its current license plate format. It has taken more than 45 years to exhaust the entire available library of numbers.