Mexico license plate: Eco

Issued today 2016 to today. Electric plates for car, truck, bus, and motorcycle, issued by Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes (SCT). One of 43 Mexico license plates.

Mexico license plate, Eco (2016 to today), sample 51G-902

Format, years and the law

Format
99L-999, for example 51G-902 (L is any letter, 9 any digit)

The format above follows the issuing rules: a registration that fits it is one this series could have issued.

Years issued
2016 to today. Still issued.
Vehicle class
Electric: EV-distinct plates or suffixes (German E, CN green plates). Issued for car, truck, bus, and motorcycle.
Size
300 × 150 mm · every country's size
About this plate
VEHÍCULO ECOLÓGICO, the Mexican alternative-fuel/EV series, one order for both the Ciudad de México and the states.

Legal basis and sources

  1. Tabla C row 17 'Vehículo Ecológico, Ciudad de México y Entidades Federativas, 00A-000' https://www.dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.php?codigo=5442476&fecha=24/06/2016
  2. 5.1.6.4, verbatim: placas 'para los vehículos que utilicen combustibles y/o energías alternas con motores denominados ecológicos para protección del medio ambiente, deben contar en su diseño con distintivo que los... https://www.dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.php?codigo=5442476&fecha=24/06/2016

This plate in your app

The series id is mx-eco-2016. The API returns its format, validation, colours and designs with the rest of Mexico's series:

curl -s https://vehiclesdb.com/api/v1/plates/mx \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $VEHICLESDB_API_KEY" \
  | jq '.series[] | select(.id == "mx-eco-2016")'