California News Updates

Oil drillers in California have resorted to the costly alternative of trucking crude barrels 50 miles after the closure of a refinery and idling of a key pipeline cut off outlets for their products.

President Trump is preparing to invoke Cold War-era powers to pave the way for renewed oil production off the Southern California coast, a long-shot bid to help ease the global crude crunch.

Garden Grove, Calif.-based chassis and truck manufacturer Harbinger said the truck would be available as both a battery-electric vehicle and a plug-in hybrid model.

The Democratic attorneys general and governors in the lawsuit argue that Trump is overstepping his power with planned 15% tariffs on much of the world.

Kenworth introduced the C580 heavy-haul truck to replace the C500, pairing a proven severe-duty chassis with a new cab. The Paccar unit has set production to begin in January 2027.

Shareholders including Blackstone, Carlyle Group, Hellman & Friedman and the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority are offering the shares, according to a filing the morning of March 3.

Currently, Maersk operates 65 ground freight facilities in the U.S. The next terminals to open will be smaller than the Fontana site, the spokeswoman said.

The automaker has taken “corrective action” including ending the use of Autopilot branding in California, the state’s Department of Motor Vehicles said in a statement late Feb. 17. 

California Gov. Gavin Newsom outlined plans for a $200 million electric vehicle subsidy in the state that would represent a major boost to Elon Musk’s Tesla and other EV makers in the state.

A California program that aimed to remotely measure the emissions output of out-of-state heavy-duty vehicles traveling on state roads has been officially halted by the Environmental Protection Agency.