Russ Mitchell covers energy technology and policy from a California perspective, including the state’s ambitious transition to electric vehicles. He’s worked on staff at publications ranging from Business Week to Wired to Condé Nast Portfolio. A graduate of the University of Illinois, he also studied at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology as a Vannevar Bush fellow.
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California abandons clean truck and locomotive regulations after Biden’s EPA doesn’t grant waivers needed to depart from federal rules.
Growth in EV sales continue to slide, but consumer appetite for hybrids has increased. Range anxiety has been one factor denting EV sales, and another emerged during the L.A. fires when hundreds of thousands of people lost power.
Exxon lawsuit accuses California’s attorney general, the Sierra Club and others of defaming the oil giant with negative comments about plastic recycling.
Tesla sales declined for the first time in the company’s history last year, reflecting what analysts said was a lack of new models.
The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said the body found Saturday had ‘probably been there for months ... it’s in a state of decay.’
The $9,000 Rolex, engraved with Reeves’ name, turned up in a police raid in Santiago. It’s believed to have been stolen from Reeves’ Hollywood Hills home in 2023.
The EPA money will go to 13 government agencies, including the L.A. Unified School District, Oxnard School District and Oakland Unified School District.
EV sales have stalled, clouding California’s ambitious plans for all new cars sold in California to be zero-emission vehicles by 2035.
Tesla recently opened a new Supercharger station near Harris Ranch, and it’s massive.
California is prepared to offer state tax rebates for electric vehicle purchases if the incoming Trump administration scuttles the federal EV tax credit, the governor said.