The goal is to get more residents and businesses using electric vehicles, which would contribute to the county’s goals of eliminating emissions by 2035.

At least five D.C. DMV inspectors have been fired for accepting small cash bribes from cab drivers looking to sail through the inspection process despite deficiencies in their vehicles. Johnson’s got photos, presumably taken by honest DMV employees, of the interiors of several taxis where drivers leave between $20-$50 for inspectors, hoping they’ll look the other way.