Electric Vehicles

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 ...

Stellantis to Open More Battery Plants in North America

Stellantis to Open More Battery Plants in North America

Electric Vehicles InSite - October 24, 2022

Stellantis will open more EV battery plants in North America, spurred on by a favorable policy landscape and demand.

Europe Lacks Sufficient EV Charging Network

Europe Lacks Sufficient EV Charging Network

Electric Vehicles InSite - October 13, 2022

Not only are there insufficient electric charging points along the road networks in most European Union countries, but t ...

Engine Oil Development to Continue

Engine Oil Development to Continue

Lube Report Americas - October 12, 2022

Although the writing is on the wall for internal combustion engines, lubricant formulators still have work to do meeting ...

Developing Ultrafast Battery Charging

Developing Ultrafast Battery Charging

Lube Report EMEA - October 4, 2022

Castrol and electric vehicle propulsion specialist Sprint Power will jointly develop ultra-fast battery packs cooled by ...

The EV Charging Race Is Hot!

The EV Charging Race Is Hot!

Lubes'n'Greases - October 3, 2022

Thermal management fluids for EVs are the new golden prize for some base stock suppliers. Trevor Gauntlett considers som ...

American EV Sales Keep Rising

American EV Sales Keep Rising

Lube Report Americas - September 28, 2022

Registrations of new electric vehicles in the United States reached 442,788 in the second quarter, up 13% from the same ...

Norway Distributors Feeling the EV Pinch

Norway Distributors Feeling the EV Pinch

Lube Report EMEA - September 13, 2022

Registrations of new passenger cars in Norway are now almost all electric, giving automotive workshop lubricant supplier ...