U.S. car buyers are showing a greater inclination to buy clean-diesel vehicles rather than conventional gasoline cars or gasoline-electric hybrids, according to a Bosch analysis of recent automaker sales reports.

Fitch Ratings officials May 3 unveiled a new report on middle distillate price-spike risk impact on sectors including trucking, airlines and railroads.

UPS officials announced May 6 that they’ve deployed another 25 diesel-electric hybrid trucks to commercial service, this time in Houston.

Chrysler officials last week announced they’re recalling 187,000 Dodge Ram 2500 and 3500 heavy-duty diesel pickups from the 2007 to 2009 model years because engine-control software on the 6.7 liter Cummins diesel engines could cause excessive soot emissions that could damage the turbocharger, exhaust gas recirculation valve and diesel particulate filter.

California-based Capstone Turbine officials announced May 5 that a diesel-fueled microturbine will help power what’s described as the first turbine-hybrid-electric propulsion system for smaller/mid-size boats.

Volvo officials announced May 5 that they’re introducing this month a smaller-displacement, five-cylinder diesel throughout the Volvo Cars model range for the European market.

A new survey of U.S. car buyers shows that they’re still uncertain about buying electric cars or diesel cars, according to Cars.com.

Electro-Motive Diesel President John Hamilton told a U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines and Hazardous Materials hearing late last month that high-speed passenger rail could help cut transport greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S. market.

Audi of America officials announced that following the best first-quarter sales in the brand’s history, the company kept its 2010 momentum with record April sales in the United States.

American Petroleum Institute will chair a Clean Diesel Fuel Alliance meeting this month aiming to come up with a more precise survey of tank and fuel-system corrosion problems that some suspect could be linked to ultra-low sulfur diesel fuel.

Haldor Topsøe officials announced May 6 the signing of a deal for modernization of eight existing diesel hydrotreaters and licensing of one new diesel hydrotreater at the Pemex Tula and Salamanca refineries in Mexico.

Tulsa-based Syntroleum Corp. officials announced May 6 that net income for first quarter 2010 fell to US$400,000, compared with $11 million in Q1 2009.

Sinopec officials May 4 denied a media report claiming the company was exporting diesel and gasoline at a price lower than that available on the domestic China market.

The 34,000-barrel-per-day Escravos gas-to-liquids plant in Nigeria – 75% owned by Chevron – won’t start-up until 2013, Sasol Chief Executive Pat Davies said at the World Economic Forum Africa conference last week in Tanzania.

Egypt will team-up with China National Petroleum Corp. and Rongsheng Petrochemical Co. on a new 15-million-ton-per-year oil refinery, according to a report from the official Mena (Egypt) news agency quoted by Reuters.

Price controls on Iranian diesel have prompted smugglers to sell diesel fuel in neighboring Pakistan, but at least one operation was caught by Pakistan officials.

Middle distillate prices in major world spot and futures markets fell sharply last week on plentiful supply and economic slowdown fears arising from the Greek economic situation.

Distillate prices in major spot and futures markets fell on plentiful supply last week.