Electric Vehicle Lubricants

While there are plenty of electric vehicles to suit every budget and taste in China, the average price of an EV is still above their conventional coun ...

Electrification of the global vehicle parc is coming, but will it swoop in like a blizzard or creep in at a glacial pace? The answer is somewhere in b ...

The conversation surrounding carbon-neutral transport centers on electric vehicles, especially in Europe and North America. But there may be an existi ...

Surge Projector

November 16, 2020

Research and development of batteries carries on apace around the world, despite lockdowns and low, yet recovering, vehicle sales. While not fast enou ...

German auto giant Volkswagen is holding course on investing multi-billions into its electrification future.

New e-fluids on the market from Shell and Fuchs.

There are a number of potential avenues of development and challenges for electric vehicle lubricant formulators, but whatever path they take, compreh ...

News from around the world of commercial and public transport EVs.

With five global automakers gearing up for new or increased production across the continent, more modern lubricants may cruise in behind.

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 ...