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Hello all! My name is Tony and I'm from Las Vegas, NV. I'm a regular member of the Ford Fusion Hybrid Forum (I own a 2014 RR FFH), but I'm very interested in the Energi as well. Maybe there's one in my future. Who knows! :) Anyway, I'm involved in a discussion in the FFH forum concerning the "California Extended Emissions Warranty Coverage" for CA certified Advanced Technology (AT) Partial Zero Emissions Vehicle (PZEV), redesignated Transitional Zero Emissions Vehicle (TZEV) for MY 2015. It seems that many people are confused about the standard vs. extended emissions warranty in California Air Resources Board (CARB) states: California, Connecticut, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island and Vermont (NOTE: Oregon has adopted only the California AT PZEV high-voltage battery warranty (10 yrs/150,000 miles; standard California emissions warranty coverage applies to all other emission components.) (NOTE: Delaware, Pennsylvania and Washington did not adopt the California AT PZEV emission warranty; standard California emission warranty coverage applies to all emission components). Many FFH owners (in CARB states) believe (mistakenly IMO), that they have the extended coverage because they are driving a hybrid. The Ford Warranty Guide states: California Advanced Technology (AT) Partial Zero Emission Vehicle (PZEV) extended emission warranty coverage applies if your vehicle meets the following two requirements: • Your vehicle is registered in a state** that has adopted and is enforcing California AT PZEV emissions warranty regulations applicable to your vehicle at the time of repair, and • Your vehicle is certified as an AT PZEV in California as indicated on the vehicle emission control information label. The emission control information label (see attached) on my 2014 Fusion SE Hybrid certifies it for sale in CA as a "ULEV" or Ultra Low Emissions Vehicle which is NOT the same as an AT PZEV. Additionally, the state of CA allows certified AT PZEVs (now TZEVs) to drive in HOV (car pool) lanes with only the driver aboard. In their published list of vehicles allowed to use the HOV lanes with a single occupant, there are only 3 Fords listed, the Focus Electric (a Zero Emissions Vehicle or ZEV), and the C-Max Energi and Fusion Energi, both AT PZEVs (now TZEVs). OK, almost there, I promise..... My contention is that unless you have that AT PZEV certification on your emission information label like the Warranty Guide says, the HV battery warranty is the standard Ford 8 years/100K miles and NOT the 10 yrs/150K miles that the Energi qualifies for. There are other (emission related) components that also benefit from a 15 year/150K mile warranty in CARB states only. Could one of you Energi owners who lives in a CARB state take a pic of your emission information label so that we can see the CA certification as an "AT PZEV or TZEV " (2015 models). This would be very helpful in helping people understand which warranty coverage they have and would put a lot of speculation and assumptions to rest. One owner stated that she recalled the salesman telling them that in California all the hybrid components were covered for 10 years/150K. That's just not true. Please help! Thank you and be seeing you around! :camera: P.S. Just in case you don't know where the Emission Control Information Label is located, open your hood and look in the center of the underside front edge.