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Volvo Trucks North America views urban distribution and other pickup and delivery applications as the starting point for battery-powered electric trucks in North America, but Europe is the first market where its parent company will enter the segment.

U.S. Class 8 retail sales in December cleared 22,000 for the highest volume since mid-2015, WardsAuto.com reported, as analysts forecast higher volumes for the year ahead.

A new design in engine pistons is increasing fuel efficiency and reducing particulate matter in Volvo Trucks North America’s heavy-duty D11 and D13 engines.

Volvo Trucks North America announced it recently delivered 19 D13-powered Volvo VNL 300 models to Mississauga, Ontario-based Purolator Inc., marking the first Canadian delivery of trucks equipped with Volvo’s new 2017 engines.

Volvo Trucks North America said beginning in October it will offer a new factory fill engine oil, VDS-4.5, for its D11, D13 and D16 engines that exceed the new API specification CK-4.

Volvo Trucks North America, a unit of Volvo Group, said its next reduction at its New River Valley Plant in Dublin, Virginia, will affect about 300 employees and occur in September instead of August, as previously announced.