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Oil Majors Invest in Battery Cooling

Oil Majors Invest in Battery Cooling

November 1, 2022

Shell and TotalEnergies have both announced partnerships to develop electric vehicle battery immersion cooling fluids, s ...

Specialty Lube Sales Up for Moresco

Specialty Lube Sales Up for Moresco

October 14, 2022

Moresco Corp. reported an 11% increase in sales revenue for its specialty lubricants segment and a 4% decline in sales f ...

Developing Ultrafast Battery Charging

Developing Ultrafast Battery Charging

October 4, 2022

Castrol and electric vehicle propulsion specialist Sprint Power will jointly develop ultra-fast battery packs cooled by ...

Moresco’s Specialty Lube Sales Increase

Moresco’s Specialty Lube Sales Increase

July 22, 2022

Japanese specialty lubricant producer Moresco Corp. reported improved sales for its specialty lubricants for its first f ...

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API Drafts Sustainable Practice for Lubes

July 20, 2022

A special committee of the American Petroleum Institute is drafting a recommended practice for calculating the environme ...

Repsol Boosts Startup Nuspec

Repsol Boosts Startup Nuspec

July 19, 2022

Nuspec Oil, a United Kingdom-based company developing biobased base oils and advancing commercialization of novel rapese ...

Thailand Develops Palm Transformer Oil

Thailand Develops Palm Transformer Oil

July 15, 2022

Thailand’s National Energy Technology Center is heading a consortium working to develop biobased transformer oils form ...

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Perstorp Boosts 2-EHA Production

July 12, 2022

Perstorp Group announced on July 7 that it has increased production capacity of 2-ethylhexanoic acid at its plant in Ste ...

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Fuchs Buys Stake in Battery Electrolyte Startup

June 20, 2022

German independent lubricant maker Fuchs Petrolub bought a 28% stake in E-Lyte Innovations GmbH, a start-up that develop ...

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Cosmo Product Gains Biomass Mark

June 10, 2022

Cosmo Energy Holdings Co. announced recently that its Carboneut-brand 10W-30 diesel engine oil became the first engine o ...

Bio-based and Sustainable: When They’re Synonyms and When They’re Not

Bio-based and Sustainable: When They’re Synonyms and When They’re Not

May 2, 2022

Bio-based and sustainable lubricants are not always one and the same. What are the nuanced differences between them?

Synthetic Base Stocks Blow in the Winds of Change

Synthetic Base Stocks Blow in the Winds of Change

May 2, 2022

What makes metallocene polyalphaolefins particularly well suited for use in wind turbine lubricants?

GM and Honda to Develop Affordable Electric Vehicles

GM and Honda to Develop Affordable Electric Vehicles

April 14, 2022

GM and Honda will develop affordable electric vehicles that will cost around $30,000, placing them well below Tesla’s ...

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Report: EV Uptake Will Depend on Policies

April 6, 2022

The global share of electric vehicles in new vehicle sales could increase to 25%-30% in 2030 and as high as 90% in 2050 ...

Is Hydrogen the Transport Wildcard of the Future?

Is Hydrogen the Transport Wildcard of the Future?

April 1, 2022

Spotlight on Electric Vehicles Amidst the hubbub surrounding battery electric vehicles, there is a small yet growing ...

A Global Affair: E-fluid Producers Around the World

A Global Affair: E-fluid Producers Around the World

April 1, 2022

Spotlight on Electric Vehicles A growing cadre of lubricant manufacturers—small and large—are developing and prod ...

Spotlight on Electric Vehicles

Spotlight on Electric Vehicles

April 1, 2022

BASF and Lanxess share how they are contributing to an all-electric future.

EU Needs 14,000 New EV Chargers Per Week

EU Needs 14,000 New EV Chargers Per Week

March 30, 2022

Charging infrastructure installation is failing to keep pace with electric vehicle growth and could scupper the European ...