The [California] state Senate has approved a bill that would allow hybrid vehicles to use carpool lanes even if the car has just one occupant.
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Ford has urged California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to scuttle a plan to let certain single-occupant hybrid cars into the state's carpool lanes, calling it a "special interest measure" that will spur sales of Asian cars, Reuters reported.
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