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STUTTGART – Mercedes-Benz is aiming to increase the share of diesels in its US sales total to about 10 percent by 2010 from 3 percent in 2006.

Klaus Maier, Mercedes Car Group sales and marketing chief, told Automobilwoche that the boost will come from the automaker’s ability to meet so-called Bin 5 clean-air standards in the five states that account for 40 percent of US new-car sales. The five are California, New York, Maine, Massachusetts and Vermont.

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