Updated: 6:32 PM EDT May 3, 2021 WXII12.com Web Staff The North Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles is indefinitely suspending its program to replace license plates more than six years old due to a worldwide aluminum shortage.The N.C. Department of Transportation says the move will help ensure there is enough material to produce first-time plates.Click the video player above to watch the latest headlines from WXII 12 News.The DMV normally produces between 400 and 500 first-time plates a day, officials said. But the older plate replacement program, which was passed into law by the General Assembly, caused this year s figure to increase about 10 times that number. 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 for the rest of 2021, according to NCDOT.Corrections Enterprises, the company that handles plate production, only has enough aluminum on hand to make about
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 years. The move is being taken to help ensure there is enough material to produce first-time plates.
Normal 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. 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 for the rest of the 2021.
NCDMV suspends replacement of older license plates due to aluminum shortage 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 years. (Source: WECT) By WECT Staff | May 3, 2021 at 4:40 PM EDT - Updated May 3 at 5:16 PM
RALEIGH, N.C. (WECT) - The N.C. Division of Motor Vehicles said it will indefinitely suspend its program to replace license plates that are older than six years due to a worldwide short of aluminum.
“The move is being taken to help ensure there is enough material to produce first-time plates,” the agency stated in a news release.