Diesel car sales slipped below 50% share of the European market so far this year, for the first time in years.

Mercedes is hiring 800 workers to expand production at a truck and bus plant in Brazil.

NC2 might form a joint-venture with China’s JAC to build and sell trucks for the Asia markets.

Diesel cars emitting just 99 grams of carbon dioxide per kilometer will debut from Audi in the first half of 2010.

Mahindra & Mahindra may take a 17% stake held by Kirloskar in Swaraj Engines.

A “zero emissions” locomotive debuts in Pennsylvania, tapping plug-in, battery-operated power rather than conventional diesel-electric power.

The “Duramax” diesel engine from General Motors for heavy-duty pickups won’t be produced for about six months, starting in December.

Electric delivery trucks could gradually replace diesel trucks in some markets, on a limited basis, thanks to new subsidy programs from the U.S. federal government.

World diesel spot and futures market continue to reflect weakness as stocks are brimming.

Distillate markets remain weak in world markets thanks to high stocks.

Converting vegetable oils into all-hydrocarbon diesel fuel looks profitable for Neste Oil.

Fischer-Tropsch jet fuel will become available from the Shell Qatar gas-to-liquids plant by 2012.

Shenhua aims to run its direct-liquefaction coal-to-liquid plant for 1,000 hours in a third trial run this year.

As China continues to evolve as the world’s industrial super-power, its diesel consumption will hit 176 million tons per year by 2015, according to a PetroChina forecast.