when is a hybrid car exempt from smog test
The state of California just made life. a bit easier for owners of hybrid vehicles. The Department of Consumer Affairs announced that all hybrids are. exempt from smog check inspections, at least until 2010. The exemption applies to the three hybrid models currently on the road ## the. Honda Insight, Honda Civic Hybrid and Toyota Prius ## and will be expanded as. new hybrid models are launched.