Electric Vehicles

Electric Vehicle Fluid Producers

Electric Vehicle Fluid Producers

Several of the world’s major lubricant manufacturers and a growing number of smaller players have stepped into the de …

EU EV Market Growing

EU EV Market Growing

The EU EV market is growing apace, with registrations increasing by triple-digits in some states. Year-to-date sales re …

United States

United States

The Biden Administration is fully committed to EVs, and judging by sales, people are too.

ExonMobil Starting Lithium Extraction

ExonMobil Starting Lithium Extraction

Major oil extractor and refiner ExxonMobil will start producing lithium from a well in Arkansas. The U.S. company aims …

Eroding PCMO Demand

Eroding PCMO Demand

Electrification 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

New STLE White Paper Tackles EVs’ Impact on Tribology

STLE released a new white paper on electric vehicle’s impact on tribology.

Reaching Price Parity

Reaching Price Parity

The 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

Toyota Solves Solid-state Battery Problem

Japanese car giant Toyota claims it has solved the technological problem in solid-state battery design that could doubl …

Germany

Germany

The 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

EVs Continue to Gain Market Share

Registrations of new BEVs and hybrids continued steady growth in September.

Russia

Russia

Russia 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

Russian EV Sales Grew 244% in H1 2023

Russia’s auto fleet is electrifying at high rates, but in absolute numbers is lagging far behind the world’s largest …

Policies by Country

Policies by Country

Almost 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

UK U-turn on ICE Ban

U.K. PM Rishi Sunak said the ban on new ICE vehicles will be pushed back five years.

UK Electric Vehicle Policy

UK Electric Vehicle Policy

UK 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

Infineum Launched Hybrid-specific Additive Package

U.K.-based specialty chemicals company Infineum launched the first market-general additive package tailored to hybrid c …

EVs and Their Fluids

EVs and Their Fluids

Electric 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

BMW Invests More in UK EV Mini Production

BMW said earlier this week that it would invest £600 million (U.S. $750 million) in production of new-generation Mini …

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