They fill up their diesel-powered Volkswagen and Dodge pickup with vegetable-based oil.

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Profit margins are under pressure from high oil prices and, latterly, from a pickup in wage growth.

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But the Asian producers started making more SUVs and pickup trucks in their North American factories to escape the duties, and then a rising oil-price led many motorists to abandon these often gas-guzzling vehicles.

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