Electric Vehicles
February EV Growth Modest in Europe
Sales of both hybrid and battery electric vehicles in Europe continued growing in February, according to statistics gath …
EV Sales Continue Growing Despite OEM Doubts
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Tesla Dominates EV the Market
Fire Halts Tesla Berlin Gigafactory
EV Types
By Simon Johns - February 23, 2024There are Several categories of alternative fuel vehicles. Many use lubricants similar to those seen found in conventio …
First Contraction of EU BEV Market in 4 Years
By Simon Johns - January 18, 2024Monthly registrations of new battery electric vehicles contracted for the first time in almost four years at the close …
Global EV Sales Trends
By Simon Johns - January 5, 2024Through COVID, conflicts and chip shortages, global EV sales trends have followed an upward path.
EV OEMs
By Simon Johns - December 18, 2023As pressure increases from governments and international organisations on original equipment manufacturers to meet stri …
Electric Vehicle Fluid Producers
By Simon Johns - December 5, 2023Several of the world’s major lubricant manufacturers and a growing number of smaller players have stepped into the de …
EU EV Market Growing
By Simon Johns - November 27, 2023The EU EV market is growing apace, with registrations increasing by triple-digits in some states. Year-to-date sales re …
United States
By Simon Johns - November 22, 2023The Biden Administration is fully committed to EVs, and judging by sales, people are too.
ExonMobil Starting Lithium Extraction
By Simon Johns - November 21, 2023Major oil extractor and refiner ExxonMobil will start producing lithium from a well in Arkansas. The U.S. company aims …
Eroding PCMO Demand
By Simon Johns - November 8, 2023Electrification of the four-wheeler passenger vehicle fleet may affect the quantities of transmission fluids, greases a …
New STLE White Paper Tackles EVs’ Impact on Tribology
By Simon Johns - November 8, 2023STLE released a new white paper on electric vehicle’s impact on tribology.
Reaching Price Parity
By Simon Johns - October 30, 2023The hopes and expectations for EV sales to rapidly scale up are based on assumptions that their costs will drop signifi …
Toyota Solves Solid-state Battery Problem
By Boris Kamchev - October 30, 2023Japanese car giant Toyota claims it has solved the technological problem in solid-state battery design that could doubl …
Germany
By Simon Johns - October 20, 2023The German government withdrew incentives for plug-in hybrids at the end of 2022 and has phased them for private buyers …