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Effective November 1, 2017, California increased both the Excise Tax and the Sales and Use Tax on diesel fuel. The Excise Tax is now 36 cents/gallon, up from 16 cents/gallon. The Sales and Use Tax is 13%, up from 9%. Read the full tax update here. Diesel tax information can be found on page 3.
The Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach unanimously approved the 2017 Clean Air Action Plan (CAAP) Update which “provides high-level guidance for accelerating progress toward a zero-emission future”. Particularly relevant to Orange EV: Beginning in 2020, terminal operators must purchase the cleanest equipment available when procuring new cargo-handling equipment (zero emission, if feasible). Read more in .
