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Brazil and Mexico are beginning to emerge from the pandemic and that’s boosting demand for road fuel in economies that buy more U.S. gasoline and diesel than any other foreign nation.

While diesel prices remained flat according to data released this week, experts are warning of rising prices headed into summer as a shortage of tank truck drivers threatens to tighten supplies.

BERLIN — Volkswagen is seeking damages from two former top executives for their role in the diesel emissions scandal that cost the German automaker billions of euros and a hefty dent in its reputation.

Isuzu Commercial Truck of America Inc. unveiled what it called major changes intended to enhance its 2022 interim model year N-Series diesel trucks.

The Energy Information Administration reported Jan. 25 the national average price of diesel rose by two cents to $2.716 a gallon.

Truckers are continuing to see higher diesel prices as the nationwide cost of trucking’s main fuel rose 2.6 cents, the Energy Information Administration reported Jan. 18.

Diesel Forward is expanding its diesel fuel systems services by increasing its repair parts offering with the acquisition of Dipaco.

The world’s appetite for U.S. diesel is falling, leaving stockpiles of the fuel at their highest level since early October.

The first full week of 2021 saw the nationwide price of diesel continue to rise, as it had for the last weeks of 2020. Trucking’s main fuel notched a 3-cent increase, according to the Energy Information Administration’s weekly data released Jan. 11.

The last days of 2020 and the first few of 2021 continued the same trend, with diesel prices rising nationwide.