 In Haifa, hybrid vehicles are entitled to a free parking in city's parking lots for domestic citizens.Other cities, such as Petah-Tikva, have quickly adopted similar free parking for hybrid cars.In 2009 the Japanese government implemented a set of policies and incentives that included a scrappage program, tax breaks on hybrid vehicles and other low emission cars and trucks, and a higher levy on gasoline that raised prices in the order of US$4.50 per gallon.