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German Group: Don’t Eliminate ICEs Yet

February 23, 2021

The Mechanical Engineering Industry Association in Germany last week urged the European Commission to change course on t ...

More Aggressive Climate Tack for Europe?

More Aggressive Climate Tack for Europe?

December 29, 2020

The European Council recommended this month that the European Union set a more ambitious goal for reducing greenhouse ga ...

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Draft Work on Euro 7 Gets Pushback

November 24, 2020

European automakers and other industries are pushing back on a proposal that reportedly could bring a halt to sales of v ...

California Sets Mandate for Zero-emission Vehicles

California Sets Mandate for Zero-emission Vehicles

September 30, 2020

California Gov. Gavin Newsom issued an executive order last week requiring that all new passenger vehicles to be zero-em ...

China 6 Standard Offers Group III Opening

China 6 Standard Offers Group III Opening

August 14, 2020

China started to implement 6a, the first phase of the China 6 emission standards, on July 1 for light-duty vehicles nati ...

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More Dirt, Less Ash

April 1, 2020

Engine oil advancements for off-highway applications seem to lumber along behind on-road and light-duty vehicles. Emissi ...

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Feds Probe California Emissions Deal

September 11, 2019

The United States federal government notified California last week that it had begun an antitrust probe of the states re ...

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California, OEMs Sign Emissions Deal

July 31, 2019

Four automakers reached an agreement last week with California on a voluntary framework for annual emissions reductions ...

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Gauging Lube Impacts of New Marine Fuels

June 5, 2019

Seventy-two percent of vessels are projected to use very-low-sulfur fuel oil after the International Maritime Organizati ...

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IMO 2020 Already Making Impacts

April 24, 2019

The International Maritime Organizations 2020 regulations wont just affect the marine fuels and shipping industries, but ...

IMO 2020 Forecast to Impact Base Oils

IMO 2020 Forecast to Impact Base Oils

March 6, 2019

Vessel operators and oil marketers are girding for the impacts that IMO 2020 will have on shipping and marine lubricants ...

Global Marine Lube Demand Steady

Global Marine Lube Demand Steady

January 30, 2019

Marine lubricant demand remained on its steady - if slightly declining - course in 2018, totaling an estimated 2.3 milli ...