Overview
- SEDEMA’s 2026 update recalibrates exemptions by drivetrain and emissions criteria, defining which vehicles remain outside the mandatory verification scheme.
- Pure battery-electric vehicles retain permanent exemption, keeping green plates and the “00” hologram.
- Conventional and plug-in hybrids keep the benefit but their exemption drops to six years; renewal terms conflict across reports, with Toyota citing up to six additional years and La Crónica noting only a one-year conditional extension.
- Mild hybrids are removed from the exemption, lose eligibility for green plates and the “00” hologram, and must follow regular verification and Hoy No Circula once current benefits expire.
- The changes take effect for first verifications in 2026 and for existing vehicles at hologram renewal, as Toyota frames the move as an adjustment and industry voices press for a standing technical review process.