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Cummins Inc. said it has signed a memorandum of understanding with Vietnam Motors Industry Corp. to create a 50-50 joint venture to produce on-highway diesel engines in Vietnam.

Commercial Vehicle Group Inc. said Monday it has acquired the outstanding stock of German firm PEKM Kabeltechnik, an electronic wire harness manufacturer for the commercial truck market.

The Department of Defense should not have awarded its largest-ever third-party logistics contract to Menlo Worldwide Government Services because one of Menlo’s subcontractors plans to use a freight management technology that was untested “in a customer environment,” according to a formal protest filed by Ryder Integrated Logistics.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is working with fleets to develop an employee notification system that would allow a fleet to download an applicant’s complete driving record before hiring, an FMCSA researcher said last week.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration asked a federal court for a year-long delay in implementing its decision to strike down two parts of the agency’s driver  hours-of-service rule.

BRUSSELS, Belgium — Truck manufacturer Volvo AB urged the world’s political leaders and energy producers to agree on global fuel standards that would allow truck makers to produce a new generation of cleaner-burning vehicles.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Cummins Inc. said it will not use selective catalytic reduction for its 2010 heavy-duty engines, making it the first manufacturer to reject the urea-based system widely used in Europe to cut emissions.

The national average price of retail diesel cracked $3 for the first time in nearly 13 months with a 6.8-cent-a-gallon price hike last week, the fourth straight weekly increase.

American Trucking Associations said that the public interest group that claims to promote highway safety disregards the safety advantages of truck drivers’ hours of service regulations the group has repeatedly challenged in court.