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Clean Energy Fuels Corp. and Agility Fuel Systems, which designs and produces natural-gas fuel storage and delivery systems, announced a joint fuel-system sales program to reduce the incremental cost of heavy-duty natural-gas trucks.

Truck manufacturers Daimler AG and Volvo Group both reported higher truck orders and sales for the fourth quarter, and both predicted a stronger North American market for 2015.

Class 8 truck orders rose 2.4% in January to 35,400, slowing from the torrid fourth-quarter pace in which they averaged over 43,000, ACT Research reported.    

Michael Jackson, general manager of Western Star Truck Sales, will retire at the end of March, parent company Daimler Trucks North America announced Feb. 3. He will be succeeded by Kelley Platt.

Diesel’s national average price fell 3.5 cents to $2.831 a gallon, a new five-year low, while gasoline rose for the first time since September, the Department of Energy reported Feb. 2.

Volvo Trucks introduced the Volvo VAH 630, a premium sleeper version for longhaul auto-hauling operations.

FedEx Corp. has completed its acquisition of Genco Distribution System Inc., which it described as one of the largest third-party logistics providers in North America.

A federal court has scheduled a June 9 hearing to give potential final approval for a series of lawsuits in a long-running “hot fuel” case, after giving preliminary approval to settlements with 28 oil and fuel retailers.

Diesel’s average pump price fell 6.7 cents to $2.866 a gallon, continuing its seven-month downward trend, the Department of Energy reported.