California News Updates

Government, Business, Technology, TCA

California Receives $150 Million for EV Charging Ports

U.S. officials awarded California nearly $150 million for the construction of more than 9,200 electric vehicle charging ports in an attempt to make zero-emission cars attractive to drivers.

August 28, 2024
Business

Watch: California Drivers Face Nation’s Steepest Fuel Tax

A new #fuel analysis by the Tax Foundation names #California, Illinois and Pennsylvania as the states with this year’s highest #diesel and #gas taxes, while Alaska, Mississippi and Hawaii have the lowest.   

August 22, 2024
Government, Fuel

California Drivers Face Nation’s Steepest Fuel Tax Mountain

A new fuel analysis names California, Illinois and Pennsylvania as the states with this year’s highest diesel and gas taxes, while Alaska, Mississippi and Hawaii have the lowest.

August 14, 2024
Government, Business, Logistics

Silicon Valley Subway Project Nabs $5.1B for Bay Area Link

The long-awaited subway project linking California’s Silicon Valley to parts of the San Francisco Bay Area is set to receive $5.1 billion in federal funding.

August 2, 2024
Government, Business, Technology, Autonomous

California Awards $27 Million to Container Ports

California’s business and economic development office has awarded $27 million to fund 10 projects at its five container ports to improve data systems and interoperability.

July 16, 2024
Government, Business, Equipment, Fuel

Hexagon Agility and Brudeli Green Mobility to Deliver NZEVs

LAS VEGAS — Hexagon Agility and Brudeli announced a collaboration and unveiled the Brudeli Powerhybrid, the first near-zero-emission vehicle that complies with California’s ACT and ACF rules.

July 12, 2024
Government, Business, Fuel

Vitol, SK Settle California Fuel Rigging Probe for $50M

California Attorney General Rob Bonta said the state reached a settlement with Vitol and SK Energy Americas after it alleged the firms acted together to manipulate local gasoline markets.

July 10, 2024
Government, Business, Technology, Autonomous, TCA

California Lawmaker Pulls Bill on Autonomous Vehicles

The tech sector has declared victory after California state Sen. Dave Cortese withdrew SB 915, which would change how self-driving cars are regulated, from consideration this week.

June 20, 2024
Government, Business, Technology, Fuel

States Challenge California on Emissions Legal Activism

Alabama is leading a 19-state coalition suing five states in the Supreme Court for pursuing what the group calls “ruinous liability and coercive remedies” in legal actions against energy companies.

June 11, 2024
Government, Business, Technology, Equipment

New Cars in California Could Alert Drivers to Speeding

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California could eventually join the EU in requiring all new cars to alert drivers when they break the speed limit, a proposal aimed at reducing traffic deaths.

May 22, 2024