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Can’t Install an Ignition Interlock Device on Your Tesla or Rivian? You’re Not Alone — And You May Have Legal Options

<p>If you've been convicted of Driving While Intoxicated in New York and ordered to install an ignition interlock device on your vehicle, you expect the process to be inconvenient, expensive, and intrusive. What you don't expect is to be told it's impossible. But that's exactly what's happening to a growing number of electric vehicle owners across Long Island, Suffolk County, Nassau County, and throughout New York State.</p>

Authored by Ed Palermo
Read time 1 min read
Updated February 2026
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Authored and reviewed by Edward Palermo

This article was written and reviewed by Edward Palermo, a Long Island criminal defense and DWI attorney with more than 31 years of courtroom experience and over 2,000 clients personally represented across Nassau and Suffolk Counties. 

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