Electric Vehicle Lubricants

The EV of the World’s Desire

The EV of the World’s Desire

Electric Vehicles InSite - April 16, 2020

Turkey is reviving its ambition to make at producing a 100% domestically designed and produced car, and this time it hap ...

Imprecise by the Dashboard Light

Imprecise by the Dashboard Light

Electric Vehicles InSite - April 15, 2020

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

Has Coronavirus Burst China’s EV Bubble?

Has Coronavirus Burst China’s EV Bubble?

Electric Vehicles InSite - April 14, 2020

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

Seoul Power

Seoul Power

Electric Vehicles InSite - April 14, 2020

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

Lube Marketers Gear Up for E-fluids Era

Lube Marketers Gear Up for E-fluids Era

Electric Vehicles InSite - April 14, 2020

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

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Consultant: Hybrids Will Need Group III+

Lube Report Americas - January 1, 2020

The trend toward electrified vehicles will mean an increase in demand for API Group III+ base stocks because they will b ...

Around the EV World

Around the EV World

Electric Vehicles InSite - December 3, 2019

The German city of Frankfurt played host to the biannual International Auto Show in September. The major German manufact ...

Sleeping BEV Giant Awakes in Frankfurt

Sleeping BEV Giant Awakes in Frankfurt

Electric Vehicles InSite - December 3, 2019

The German city of Frankfurt played host to the biannual International Auto Show in September. The major German manufact ...

Stimulating Mexico’s Domestic EV Industry

Stimulating Mexico’s Domestic EV Industry

Electric Vehicles InSite - December 3, 2019

Mexico leads the region in electrified vehicle sales and is upping the ante with a domestically produced vehicle.

Buy My Lithium Down, Sport

Buy My Lithium Down, Sport

Electric Vehicles InSite - December 3, 2019

Western Australia’s lithium miners are feeling the pinch from reduced demand, while in South America, supplies of the ...

Mixed Blessings for Tesla

Mixed Blessings for Tesla

Electric Vehicles InSite - December 3, 2019

The world-famous Tesla is an impressive piece of engineering and design. But its rise to the top of the market has been ...

The Netherlands Leads the Charge

The Netherlands Leads the Charge

Electric Vehicles InSite - December 3, 2019

The Dutch have taken to electric vehicles like ducks to water. The sector was propelled by generous tax breaks and a hig ...

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Could PAG Be an EV AC Lube?

Lubes'n'Greases EMEA - September 17, 2019

Finding the right lubricant for automotive air conditioning systems is a tough in conventional cars. Its even trickier f ...

Asian EV Momentum Builds

Asian EV Momentum Builds

Electric Vehicles InSite - August 28, 2019

Will light-duty EVs take off in Asia outside of the main markets of China, Japan and South Korea? Governments in Asia ...

Petronas Enters the EV Fluid Race

Petronas Enters the EV Fluid Race

Electric Vehicles InSite - August 28, 2019

Petronas Lubricants International’s Chief Technology Officer Eric Holthusen talks to Lubes’n’Greases about the lau ...

A New Wave of ATFs

A New Wave of ATFs

Electric Vehicles InSite - August 28, 2019

Fluid makers can no longer use existing automatic transmission fluid formulations in hybrids. But new products are being ...

Nickel Market Bullish as EV Production Rises

Nickel Market Bullish as EV Production Rises

Electric Vehicles InSite - August 28, 2019

The steel and battery industries are contributing to surging prices of this strategic commodity.

Toyota to Charge into EV Segment

Toyota to Charge into EV Segment

Electric Vehicles InSite - August 28, 2019

The Japanese car giant has big plans for EV and battery production.