Electric Vehicles
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 …
EVs Continue to Gain Market Share
By Simon Johns - October 20, 2023Registrations of new BEVs and hybrids continued steady growth in September.
Russia
By Simon Johns - October 13, 2023Russia is well behind the curve when it comes to electric vehicle ownership, but that’s not to say it’s not trying. The …
Russian EV Sales Grew 244% in H1 2023
By Boris Kamchev - October 6, 2023Russia’s auto fleet is electrifying at high rates, but in absolute numbers is lagging far behind the world’s largest …
Policies by Country
By Simon Johns - September 29, 2023Almost all EU member states, as well as several non-members on the continent, have some kind of EV incentive policy in …
UK U-turn on ICE Ban
By Simon Johns - September 21, 2023U.K. PM Rishi Sunak said the ban on new ICE vehicles will be pushed back five years.
UK Electric Vehicle Policy
By Simon Johns - September 21, 2023UK electric vehicle policy has evolved over the past two decades as zero- and low-emissions vehicles have steadily gain …
Infineum Launched Hybrid-specific Additive Package
By Simon Johns - September 15, 2023U.K.-based specialty chemicals company Infineum launched the first market-general additive package tailored to hybrid c …
EVs and Their Fluids
By Simon Johns - September 15, 2023Electric vehicles are continuing to grab market share of new vehicle sales, despite global economic uncertainty. Even th …
BMW Invests More in UK EV Mini Production
By Boris Kamchev - September 15, 2023BMW said earlier this week that it would invest £600 million (U.S. $750 million) in production of new-generation Mini …