Electric Vehicles
EV Sales Drop in Europe
Monthly new passenger car registrations in the European Union declined for the first time in 2024.
February EV Growth Modest in Europe
EV Sales Continue Growing Despite OEM Doubts
Gasoline Mentality Influences EV Design
Tesla Dominates EV the Market
Fire Halts Tesla Berlin Gigafactory
By Simon Johns - March 6, 2024Fire halted Tesla’s Berlin Gigafactory, police suspect arson by environmentalists.
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 …