Polymers can improve water resistance, thickener yield and tackiness in grease formulations, but their long molecular structure made formulators quest ...

As heavy-duty OEMs struggle to improve fuel economy, the solution may lie on the surface of engine cylinders.

Magnetorheological fluids are being used in an increasing number of applications, but this relatively new technology still has some kinks. Adding grea ...

The share of vehicles in Russia that use American Petroleum Institute’s API SM or API SN motor oil categories increased in the last couple of years ...

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 ...

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 ...

Steve Swedberg compares several SUVs currently on the market and the lubricants that they require.

Emeka Umejei looks at African grease trends.

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 ...

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.

Engine oil advancements for off-highway applications seem to lumber along behind on-road and light-duty vehicles. Emissions limits are forcing them to ...

Steve Swedberg traces the evolution of used oil from careless disposal to rerefining.

Steve Swedberg makes an argument for more widespread adoption of API FA-4 engine oils.

The Canadian government decreed this month that it will permit 9-octadecenoic acid (Z)- compound with (Z)-N-9-octadecenyl-1,3-propanediamine to be use ...

Amalie Oil Co. and the plaintiffs of a class action lawsuit against the company have asked a Florida circuit court to grant final approval on a settle ...

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