Electric Vehicles

Trends related to electric vehicles accounted for half of the 10 most popular answers in a global survey of tribologists and lubrication engineers abo ...

Around the EV World

May 9, 2020

A roundup of headlines from the global electric vehicle industry.

After the devastation of coronavirus, Chinese car buyers are making their way back to the dealerships to buy EVs so they can avoid going on the bus.

It is irrefutable that vehicle electrification is completely recalibrating the automotive industry in every aspect. But this is far from a death knell ...

All vehicles require a range of lubricants, greases, coolants and fluids, and EVs are no exception. Existing base stock technology may satisfy these n ...

Replacing combustion engines with electric motors is fundamentally changing the ways land vehicles are propelled, fueled and lubricated. Until recentl ...

Let them Eat Coolant

May 5, 2020

Once the market normalizes after the global lockdown, automakers and lube companies will need to look again at the long term for their respective indu ...

Heavy-duty Headlines

May 1, 2020

Electric trucks and buses in brief.

Turn on the Buses

May 1, 2020

For those pinning their hopes on heavy-duty engine lubricants as a fallback against losses on passenger car motor oil, this isn’t going to make plea ...

Around the EV World

April 17, 2020

Vehicle launches, charging networks and battery production news from the past three months.

Vehicle electrification presents new challenges for formulators developing automotive lubricants with the care of tailors who stich bespoke suits to p ...

Turkey is reviving its ambition to make at producing a 100% domestically designed and produced car, and this time it happens to be an electric vehicle ...

The devil is in the details and sometimes even the most diligent carmakers come a-cropper when the software in an EV warns of an oil change.

A trade war with the United States, weakening sales and now a disease epidemic are hammering China’s automakers. After the doldrums of 2019, this ye ...

Seoul Power

April 14, 2020

Hyundai Motor Group has been building battery electric vehicles for four years, and although beleaguered by supply chain woes, its electrified lineup ...

Fluid makers need to respond quickly to the changing face of personal mobility and drivetrains.

Its no secret that electric vehicles pose a growing threat to the lubes industry. Odds are lube packaging wont escape the transition unscathed, either ...

Automotive

January 21, 2020

Steve Swedberg disputes the notion that the internal combustion engine is on its way out.

The trend toward electrified vehicles will mean an increase in demand for API Group III+ base stocks because they will be needed to formulate engine o ...

The trend toward electrified vehicles will mean an increase in demand for Group III+ base stocks because they will be needed to formulate engine oils ...