Electric Vehicles

Germany Halts EU ICE Ban
This fully automated Tesla production line will become the norm once fleets are all electric come 2035. © shutterstock / gofra

Germany Halts EU ICE Ban

Electric Vehicles InSite - March 8, 2023

European Union delayed a crucial vote last week that would spell the demise of the internal combustion engine by 2035, a ...

Lopal Forms Pact with SAIC-GM-Wuling

Lopal Forms Pact with SAIC-GM-Wuling

Lube Report Asia - February 24, 2023

Lopal Technology Co. announced last week that it has reached a framework agreement with electric automaker SAIC-GM-Wulin ...

China Charging Ahead in E-mobility Race

China Charging Ahead in E-mobility Race

Electric Vehicles InSite - February 22, 2023

China has the most extensive range of electric vehicles on offer, with an eye-popping 300 EV models available. Europe's ...

BP Forecasts Huge Jump in Electric Vehicles

BP Forecasts Huge Jump in Electric Vehicles

Lube Report EMEA - January 31, 2023

The share of electric vehicles in the global vehicle parc could rise to 30-35% by 2035 and 80% by 2050 according to BP f ...

China’s Vehicle Registrations Slip in 2022

China’s Vehicle Registrations Slip in 2022

Lube Report Asia - January 27, 2023

China’s new motor vehicle registrations – including cars, trucks and motorcycles – declined 5% to 34.8 million in ...

Ford Cuts Jobs to Focus on Electric Vehicles

Ford Cuts Jobs to Focus on Electric Vehicles

Electric Vehicles InSite - January 25, 2023

Ford Motor Co. will ax 3,200 jobs mostly in Germany, as the company shifts its focus toward electric vehicle production.

U.S., Canada Want in on Mexican Lithium

U.S., Canada Want in on Mexican Lithium

Lube Report Americas - January 25, 2023

Leaders of Mexico, the United States and Canada all have called for private businesses from the latter two companies to ...

Researchers: EV Current Could Increase Wear

Researchers: EV Current Could Increase Wear

Lube Report Americas - January 18, 2023

In a finding that signals potential challenges for electric vehicles, a team of researchers from academia and industry o ...

Tesla Drops Prices Again

Tesla Drops Prices Again

Electric Vehicles InSite - January 16, 2023

Tesla cut prices again, this time in America and Europe, in an attempt shore up sinking sales.

Canada Proposes Tall EV Mandates

Canada Proposes Tall EV Mandates

Lube Report Americas - January 4, 2023

Canada’s Environment Ministry last month proposed an ambitious schedule of mandates for car makers to quickly increase ...

A Single EV Coolant and Transmission Fluid?

A Single EV Coolant and Transmission Fluid?

Lube Report Americas - December 7, 2022

Electric vehicles may reduce demand for automotive lubricants, but they do still require lubricants, and given the wide ...

Impact of EVs Greater on MWFs than PCMO

Impact of EVs Greater on MWFs than PCMO

Lube Report Americas - November 30, 2022

E-mobility's impact on the industry will be felt more acutely by MWF producers, according to a new ILMA report.

S&P Forecasts Flat Demand to 2050

S&P Forecasts Flat Demand to 2050

Lube Report EMEA - November 29, 2022

The global lubricants market will stagnate through 2050, with sluggish demand for transportation lubricants estimated to ...

Making EVs Provides Lube Opportunities

Making EVs Provides Lube Opportunities

Lube Report Americas - November 23, 2022

Although the shift to manufacturing of electric vehicles will bring a decline in industrial lubricants consumption, it w ...

Musk’s Tesla Stock Dump Rattles Market

Musk’s Tesla Stock Dump Rattles Market

Electric Vehicles InSite - November 10, 2022

Elon Musk sold $3.95 billion of Tesla stock, rattling investors already spooked by his purchase of Twitter for $44 billi ...

Mercedes to Bids Farewell to ICE Platform

Mercedes to Bids Farewell to ICE Platform

Electric Vehicles InSite - November 8, 2022

Mercedes announced it will make the 2025 E Class its last model based on an internal combustion engine platform. All new ...

Phillips 66 Installs First EV Charger

Phillips 66 Installs First EV Charger

Lube Report Americas - November 2, 2022

Phillips 66 debuted an ultra-fast electric vehicle charger at its flagship gasoline station in Houston. EV charging comp ...