The new license format, expected to start in 2026, is necessary because current combinations are running out. SAN DIEGO — The ...

It was bound to happen eventually; California is about to run out of license plate numbers. That’s according to reporting ...

The California Department of Motor Vehicles projects it will run out of numbers following the current license plate format at some point in 2026. When the current format started: California’s ...

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

Once 9ZZZ999 has been issued, the next plate will be in the format of three digits, three letters, and one number. So, 000AAA1 or 001AAA1, depending on how they decide to do it. 100AAA1 could also ...

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 ...