Electric Vehicles

Hybrids Will Keep Automotive Fluid Market Flowing

Hybrids Will Keep Automotive Fluid Market Flowing

November 1, 2023

As electrification takes deeper roots, could hybrids cushion the inevitable blow to automotive lubricant blenders?

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Reaching Price Parity

October 30, 2023

The hopes and expectations for EV sales to rapidly scale up are based on assumptions that their costs will drop signific ...

Toyota Solves Solid-state Battery Problem

Toyota Solves Solid-state Battery Problem

October 30, 2023

Japanese car giant Toyota claims it has solved the technological problem in solid-state battery design that could double ...

ACEA says EU Truck Carbon Targets Unachievable

ACEA says EU Truck Carbon Targets Unachievable

October 26, 2023

The EU's new proposal for heavy-duty transport emissions reduction is not fit purpose, says ACEA.

EVs Continue to Gain Market Share

EVs Continue to Gain Market Share

October 20, 2023

Registrations of new BEVs and hybrids continued steady growth in September.

Podcast 14: PCMO Still Has a Way to Go

Podcast 14: PCMO Still Has a Way to Go

October 19, 2023

Afton's Adam Banks is confident there's a lot more business to be done in the automotive lube space

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Russia

October 13, 2023

Russia is well behind the curve when it comes to electric vehicle ownership, but that’s not to say it’s not ...

Russian EV Sales Grew 244% in H1 2023

Russian EV Sales Grew 244% in H1 2023

October 6, 2023

Russia’s auto fleet is electrifying at high rates, but in absolute numbers is lagging far behind the world’s largest ...

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Policies by Country

September 29, 2023

Almost all EU member states, as well as several non-members on the continent, have some kind of EV incentive policy in p ...

UK U-turn on ICE Ban

UK U-turn on ICE Ban

September 21, 2023

U.K. PM Rishi Sunak said the ban on new ICE vehicles will be pushed back five years.

UK Electric Vehicle Policy

UK Electric Vehicle Policy

September 21, 2023

UK electric vehicle policy has evolved over the past two decades as zero- and low-emissions vehicles have steadily gaine ...

Infineum Launched Hybrid-specific Additive Package

Infineum Launched Hybrid-specific Additive Package

September 15, 2023

U.K.-based specialty chemicals company Infineum launched the first market-general additive package tailored to hybrid ca ...

EVs and Their Fluids

EVs and Their Fluids

September 15, 2023

Electric vehicles are continuing to grab market share of new vehicle sales, despite global economic uncertainty. Even th ...

BMW Invests More in UK EV Mini Production

BMW Invests More in UK EV Mini Production

September 15, 2023

BMW said earlier this week that it would invest £600 million (U.S. $750 million) in production of new-generation Mini E ...

Gulf Oil India Acquires Stake in EV Tech

Gulf Oil India Acquires Stake in EV Tech

August 29, 2023

Gulf Oil Lubricants India Ltd. announced the acquisition of a controlling stake of electric vehicle charging equipment c ...

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Castrol Launched Hybrid Performance Standard

August 25, 2023

U.K. lubricant company Castrol launched its own hybrid engine oil performance standard called Hyspec. According to the c ...

Special Report: Electric Vehicles

Special Report: Electric Vehicles

August 18, 2023

The Special Report on Electric Vehicles examines the greasing and heat management needs of this new category of automobi ...

Special Report: Electric Vehicles

Special Report: Electric Vehicles

August 16, 2023

The Special Report on Electric Vehicles examines the greasing and heat management needs of this new category of automobi ...