Electric Vehicles

The German city of Frankfurt played host to the biannual International Auto Show in September. The major German manufacturers used their home advantag ...

Mexico leads the region in electrified vehicle sales and is upping the ante with a domestically produced vehicle.

Buy My Lithium Down, Sport

December 3, 2019

Western Australia’s lithium miners are feeling the pinch from reduced demand, while in South America, supplies of the strategic resource are becomin ...

Mixed Blessings for Tesla

December 3, 2019

The world-famous Tesla is an impressive piece of engineering and design. But its rise to the top of the market has been beset by financial and commerc ...

The Dutch have taken to electric vehicles like ducks to water. The sector was propelled by generous tax breaks and a high median income.

An American Trucking Association study group has undertaken efforts to understand the effects of electrification on specifications and maintenance of ...

Asian EV Momentum Builds

August 28, 2019

Will light-duty EVs take off in Asia outside of the main markets of China, Japan and South Korea? Governments in Asia are proposing legislation to ...

Petronas Lubricants International’s Chief Technology Officer Eric Holthusen talks to Lubes’n’Greases about the launch of a new range of hybrid a ...

A New Wave of ATFs

August 28, 2019

Fluid makers can no longer use existing automatic transmission fluid formulations in hybrids. But new products are being developed.

The steel and battery industries are contributing to surging prices of this strategic commodity.

The Japanese car giant has big plans for EV and battery production.

Chinese domestically produced BEVs are still selling well amidst falling conventional engine sales and cheaper alternative fuel models on the market. ...

A selection of EV news stories from the past quarter.

Attendees at the annual meeting of the Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers heard a call to accelerate their pace of innovation. An offic ...

Around the EV World

May 28, 2019

A selection of EV news stories from the past quarter.

The Price of FAME

May 28, 2019

With the global focus on EV cars, two- and three-wheelers could be a bigger growth area in developing economies such as India, but there are still obs ...

South Africa is dragging its heels on the path to vehicle electrification. Expanding the fleet and infrastructure is essential but investment in peopl ...

The jury is still out on how much EVs will depress lubricant sales. Additive companies will need to plan carefully to stay ahead of a downward curve.

The Detroit car giant hopes the Chevrolet Bolt is no rerun of its failed EV1 experiment in the 1990s.

Sales of electric vehicles are still relatively small but are growing fast, and most automakers now offer some type of hybrid or purely battery-powere ...