A preliminary settlement has been reached in a second class action lawsuit in Missouri accusing a lubricant company and a store chain of fraud for the ...

The National Lubricating Grease Institute yesterday announced a collaboration with the Center for Quality Assurance to define future grease specificat ...

Steve Swedberg explains the origins of ILSAC and API symbols and what they really mean.

Tom Glenn asks how lube marketers can remain relevant in a declining market.

With engine oils based on Group III picking up market share and the cost of approvals rising, discontent is bubbling up from stakeholders who are foot ...

A proposed new engine oil specification development process would disconnect engine test development from the specification development itself, with t ...

Sales by oil change and lubrication shops in the United States reached $6.3 billion in 2018, up 4 percent from 2017, according to a report jointly pub ...

Battery-powered vehicles have fewer grease applications than internal combustion engine vehicles, but EV components and changes in driving habits coul ...

The amount of grease the world is making each year may be stagnant, but production is, in fact, changing, Chuck Coe told the National Lubricating Grea ...

Steve Swedberg asks whether universal engine oil can include natural gas powered vehicles, too.

Advances in four-stroke engines and emission regulations mean that passenger car oils arent a good deal for todays motorcycles.

Attendees at the annual meeting of the Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers heard a call to accelerate their pace of innovation. An offic ...

A selection of EV news stories from the past quarter.

With the global focus on EV cars, two- and three-wheelers could be a bigger growth area in developing economies such as India, but there are still obs ...

South Africa is dragging its heels on the path to vehicle electrification. Expanding the fleet and infrastructure is essential but investment in peopl ...

The jury is still out on how much EVs will depress lubricant sales. Additive companies will need to plan carefully to stay ahead of a downward curve.

Steve Swedberg tries to cut through the fog of engine oil jargon.

Grease performance and production techniques continue to advance. Two companies present their latest grease innovations.

Valvoline reported a slight loss in operating income and lubricants sales volume, HollyFrontiers lubricants and specialty products segment posted a lo ...

The Detroit car giant hopes the Chevrolet Bolt is no rerun of its failed EV1 experiment in the 1990s.