Miscellaneous

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

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

Spotlight on Electric Vehicles Amidst the hubbub surrounding battery electric vehicles, there is a small yet growing conversation about hydrogen-po ...

Spotlight on Electric Vehicles A growing cadre of lubricant manufacturers—small and large—are developing and producing dedicated electric vehic ...

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

Charging infrastructure installation is failing to keep pace with electric vehicle growth and could scupper the European Union’s 2050 emissions targ ...

Twenty-five of the world's largest companies are on average falling short of their net-zero pledges and providing little information about their carbo ...

U.S. flagship carmaker Ford will spin off development and production of electric vehicles from its legacy business to make itself more competitive wit ...

Thai officials working to foster agriculture-based industry have highlighted lubricants as one of two types of products offering the best opportunity ...

The winds of change in the North American car market blow harder as recent state and corporate modernization steps signal deeper electric vehicle pene ...

Replacing Mineral Base Oils

February 22, 2022

The sustainability movement demands that industry begin looking for replacements to mineral base oils, a Swedish academic said at a conference last mo ...

The lubricants industry – especially in Europe – will face largescale changes in coming years in the types of raw materials that will be available ...

Surging electric vehicle sales in the United Kingdom in 2021 has made future demand for automotive lubricant uncertain, says the country’s lubricant ...

CPC Pitches PAOs for E-fluids

December 22, 2021

As electric vehicle sales in Europe, North America and Asia accelerate, passenger car motor oil demand could decline rapidly in a few years time, acco ...

ExxonMobil entered a joint development agreement with biobased base stock manufacturer BioAccelergy to commercially scale the latter’s products, the ...

France-based Arkema announced on Monday a 50% increase in global capacity for its Oleris castor oil derivatives, which are used in synthetic lubricant ...

Valvoline will provide vehicle maintenance at its service centers for e-mobility manufacturer Arrival and its electric vans and buses after the two co ...

The global fleet of hybrids could grow faster than battery electric vehicles as industry experts forecast that powertrain production in the short term ...

Over the past two decades, Lopal Technology Co. grew rapidly to become a major player in China’s lubricant market. Now the company is investing big ...

Although the transition to electric vehicles will gradually cut the automotive industry’s need for industrial lubricants, metal forming fluids used ...