By Sarah Tate
May 5, 2021
WXII reports.
The North Carolina Division of Motor Vehicles program, passed into law by the General Assembly, replaces license plates that are more than six years old. The replacement program was set to begin July 1, 2020, but the pandemic caused it to be pushed back until 2021. Now it s facing a new challenge: a shortage of the aluminum needed to created the plates.
According to the North Carolina Department of Transportation, the DMV usually produces between 400 and 500 first-time license plates each day. The plate replacement program would increase production by around 10 times that number. The aluminum shortage greatly impacts production, so by halting the program, the department is ensuring there is enough of the lightweight metal to produce first-time plates.
NC DMV suspends replacement of older license plates due to aluminum shortage
More than 640,000 replacement plates were produced in the first four months of this year, with about another 1.4 million projected to be needed to complete the rest. Author: Brian Bennett Updated: 8:37 PM EDT May 5, 2021
NORTH CAROLINA, USA A huge worldwide shortage of aluminum is forcing the N.C. Division of Motor vehicles to indefinitely suspend its program to replace license plates that are more than six years old.
The effort is being taken to help ensure there is enough material to produce first-time plates.
Regular first-time plate production is 400-500 a day. But the older plate replacement program, passed into law by the General Assembly, meant that figure this year has been about 10 times that number!
ROCKY MOUNT — A world-wide shortage of aluminum is forcing the N.C. Division of Motor Vehicles to indefinitely suspend its program to replace license plates that are older than six
By - Associated Press - Wednesday, May 5, 2021
ROCKY MOUNT, N.C. (AP) - A scarcity of aluminum has forced North Carolina to suspend an effort to replace old license plates.
The Division of Motor Vehicles announced this week that the move will help ensure there is enough material to produce first-time plates.
The agency had been replacing all license tags that are at least six years old in line with a mandate signed into law two years ago. But the agency says Corrections Enterprises, which makes the plates at the Correctional Institution for Women in Raleigh, doesn’t have enough aluminum to keep up with increased demand.
By Sarah Tate
May 5, 2021
WXII reports.
The North Carolina Division of Motor Vehicles program, passed into law by the General Assembly, replaces license plates that are more than six years old. The replacement program was set to begin July 1, 2020, but the pandemic caused it to be pushed back until 2021. Now it s facing a new challenge: a shortage of the aluminum needed to created the plates.
According to the North Carolina Department of Transportation, the DMV usually produces between 400 and 500 first-time license plates each day. The plate replacement program would increase production by around 10 times that number. The aluminum shortage greatly impacts production, so by halting the program, the department is ensuring there is enough of the lightweight metal to produce first-time plates.