Miscellaneous

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

Tesla in Good Shape for 2021

January 14, 2021

Last year was typically busy for the world’s leading and highest-profile battery electric vehicle maker. Hardly a week went by when Tesla wasn’t m ...

The United States Customs and Border Protection agency last week announced a ban on palm oil produced in Malaysia by Sime Darby Plantation Bhd. and an ...

SK Promises Green Strategy

January 8, 2021

The parent company of SK Lubricants is looking for partners for base oil and chemical joint ventures, according to a New Year’s address by its CEO. ...

Several major and independent lubricant marketers informed customers of finished lube price increases in the United States that will take effect from ...

Tipping to EV Adoption

December 18, 2020

A recent survey carried out by Castrol reveals some interesting insights about the pace of vehicle electrification. Lubes'n'Greases talked to two memb ...

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 ...

Government requirements for environmentally acceptable lubricants are relatively simple, but performance properties of products available to the shipp ...

China’s vehicle population, forecast to surpass the United States’ by the end of this year, has been transitioning to more powerful cars and truck ...

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.

A Chicago private equity firm announced last week that it has agreed to acquire majority stakes in Warren Distribution Inc., one of the largest privat ...

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

Several major and independent lubricant marketers notified customers of finished lubricant price hikes in the United States that will take effect in O ...

Lukoil’s LLK International and Total’s subsidiary in Russia both suffered setbacks due to the country’s COVID-19 lockdown earlier this year, but ...

Electric vehicles could make up 90% of the United States’ passenger vehicle fleet by 2050 if the government and consumers become more aggressive abo ...

Base Oil Report: Trends

September 2, 2020

While global lubricant demand drags, says Caitlin Jacobs, the odds are still looking good for renewable and biodegradable base stocks.