It took eight years to cycle through Wisconsin license-plate combinations beginning with 'A' and probably seven years to get through 'B' plates.

In April 2017, Wisconsin added a 7th character to automobile license plates. Almost eight years later, you’re finally going to start seeing license plates starting with the letter B. It took that long to go through about 4.

There will soon B a new series of license plates in Wisconsin. Wisconsin Department of Transportation announced Thursday that after more than 4.7 million letter and number combinations starting with the letter A,

After nearly eight years, newly issued license plates in Wisconsin will start with the letter "B." Standard-issue, non-personalized plates had all started with the letter "A" since the Division of Motor Vehicles began issuing seven-character plates in 2017.

The Wisconsin Department of Transportation's Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV) is introducing a new series of license plates starting with the letter 'B'.