Electric Vehicles

EV Fluid Development Challenges

EV Fluid Development Challenges

Electric Vehicles InSite - July 1, 2021

Alexandra Przyborowski and Raj Shah outline some of the challenges faced by developers of lubrication products that are ...

Bullishness for China’s Industrial Segment

Bullishness for China’s Industrial Segment

Lube Report Asia - June 25, 2021

Despite the rapid growth of electric vehicles in China, new opportunities are available for lube suppliers, speakers sai ...

As Numbers Grow, EVs Face Some Weighty Issues

As Numbers Grow, EVs Face Some Weighty Issues

Electric Vehicles InSite - June 18, 2021

While they don’t emit carbon like gas-powered cars, EVs have their own set of issues that are likely to affect other r ...

Circulor Pushes for Greater Raw Materials Traceability

Circulor Pushes for Greater Raw Materials Traceability

Electric Vehicles InSite - June 11, 2021

Lubricant blenders, automakers and mining companies are increasingly outsourcing their supply chain management needs to ...

E-fluid Market Set to Soar, says SK

E-fluid Market Set to Soar, says SK

Electric Vehicles InSite - June 4, 2021

The global electric vehicle lubricant market is expected to grow from 10 million liters in 2020 to 60 million liters in ...

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IEA Ups EV Growth Forecast

Electric Vehicles InSite - May 16, 2021

The global passenger fleet could reach 145 million units by the end of the decade, predicts the International Energy Age ...

SWRI Launches Consortium on E-Fluids

SWRI Launches Consortium on E-Fluids

Electric Vehicles InSite - May 4, 2021

Southwest Research Institute is launching this month an industry consortium, Advanced Fluids for Electrified Vehicles, i ...

Castrol Expands Its Partnerships in the EV World

Castrol Expands Its Partnerships in the EV World

Electric Vehicles InSite - April 22, 2021

A new collaboration has begun between an established lubricant maker and a startup that provides automotive-grade electr ...

Conductive Deposits Pose Threats to EVs

Conductive Deposits Pose Threats to EVs

Lube Report Americas - April 21, 2021

Electrically conductive layer deposits are emerging as a new corrosion concern in electric motors in hybrid and electric ...

E-Fluids, A Brave New World for Lube Makers

E-Fluids, A Brave New World for Lube Makers

Electric Vehicles InSite - April 14, 2021

The growing fleet of electric vehicles is creating new challenges for the lubricant and automotive industries. Market pl ...

More Carmakers Go Full Electric

More Carmakers Go Full Electric

Electric Vehicles InSite - March 16, 2021

Two legacy car companies, Jaguar and Volvo, announced recently that they will sell only battery electric cars, joining B ...

Shell Plans to Grow Charge Points and Shrink Refining Capacity

Shell Plans to Grow Charge Points and Shrink Refining Capacity

Electric Vehicles InSite - March 12, 2021

Royal Dutch Shell, one of the world’s largest lubricant producers, will install half a million charging points across ...

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German Group: Don’t Eliminate ICEs Yet

Lube Report EMEA - February 23, 2021

The Mechanical Engineering Industry Association in Germany last week urged the European Commission to change course on t ...

GM Aims for Carbon Neutrality by 2040

GM Aims for Carbon Neutrality by 2040

Electric Vehicles InSite - February 12, 2021

General Motors, the world’s fifth-largest carmaker, said it would stop producing internal combustion engine vehicles b ...

Emirates Playing Catch-up in EV Race

Emirates Playing Catch-up in EV Race

Electric Vehicles InSite - January 15, 2021

Electric vehicle sales have been rising in the affluent countries of the West, where per capita income and environmental ...

EU’s Electric Goal Gets Mixed Reception

EU’s Electric Goal Gets Mixed Reception

Electric Vehicles InSite - January 15, 2021

Europe's carmaker trade association and environmental groups both have criticisms of the EU's proposed transport carbon ...

Tesla in Good Shape for 2021

Tesla in Good Shape for 2021

Electric Vehicles InSite - January 14, 2021

Last year was typically busy for the world’s leading and highest-profile battery electric vehicle maker. Hardly a week ...

Record Plug-in Registrations in 2020

Record Plug-in Registrations in 2020

Electric Vehicles InSite - December 21, 2020

Despite the havoc wreaked on the auto industry by the pandemic, demand for electric vehicles around the world grew at an ...