If you're coming from the West Coast, there may be more bad news for you this summer.

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The California gas station started charging over $8 per gallon of gas.

The price to fill up a small car that holds 12 gallons of gas would be $96.

It is related to hitting the road for summer travel. There will be sticker shock at the pump.

$128 is the price for one trip to the gas station for a large truck.

The news about the station was originally reported by KTTV.

Other factors include the competitive conditions in the marketplace, the higher cost to produce gasoline to the specifications required by the California Air Resources Board, costs associated with fuel distribution, local, state and federal taxes, and California carbon-compliance costs.

The sign and price were noted by many on social media.

No bullshit.

There should be no reason why gas is going on $8 in Southern California. pic.twitter.com/VC9hGWg8yT

— K (@MssKayy) May 31, 2022

Gas hit $8 in California. Going to $10 next. pic.twitter.com/W1TWP3gN7F

— Recession Tracker (@recession01) May 31, 2022

Gas is $8.05 somewhere in California.

— Regular Ryan (@90s_Regular) June 1, 2022

Gas price is know 8$ in California what in the world

— just youngfly (@worldbysemone) June 2, 2022

gas in LA (California, not Louisiana haha) is $8+ a gallon — and I just find that absolutely insane

— m ♡ (@gmo17_) May 31, 2022

california,,, y'all good?? why is gas $8?!

— trinitee (@xxinct) June 1, 2022

Most of the company's gas stations in California are independently owned, which means that they can set and enforce their own prices.

DoorDash pays back drivers to offset gas prices without charging customers.

Patrick De Haan, a Gas Buddy expert and fuel tracker, said this week that the national average price per gallon could hit $5 by June 17, with additional analysts from JP Morgan suggesting that the current average price per gallon could increase another 37% by the end of August.

The average price for a gallon of gas in California was $6.213, which is more than the national average.

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