Electric Vehicles

Firm Claims EVs Have Higher Early Costs

Firm Claims EVs Have Higher Early Costs

Drivers of new electric vehicles can face far higher service costs and insurance premiums than drivers of equivalent int …

Commercial EVs a Bright Spot for Lube Companies

Commercial EVs a Bright Spot for Lube Companies

The introduction of multispeed gearboxes in medium- and heavy-duty electric vehicles will continue to offer opportunitie …

ACEA: Banning a Single Technology is Not a Rational Way Forward

ACEA: Banning a Single Technology is Not a Rational Way Forward

Europe’s automakers balked at the European Union’s recently announced climate and energy policies for net-zero emissi …

Hydrogen Power is No Flash in the Pan

Hydrogen Power is No Flash in the Pan

Battery-powered cars are now synonymous in the public consciousness with zero-emissions transport. There is another way …

EV Fluid Development Challenges

EV Fluid Development Challenges

Alexandra Przyborowski and Raj Shah outline some of the challenges faced by developers of lubrication products that are …

As Numbers Grow, EVs Face Some Weighty Issues

As Numbers Grow, EVs Face Some Weighty Issues

While they don’t emit carbon like gas-powered cars, EVs have their own set of issues that are likely to affect other r …

Circulor Pushes for Greater Raw Materials Traceability

Circulor Pushes for Greater Raw Materials Traceability

Lubricant blenders, automakers and mining companies are increasingly outsourcing their supply chain management needs to …

E-fluid Market Set to Soar, says SK

E-fluid Market Set to Soar, says SK

The global electric vehicle lubricant market is expected to grow from 10 million liters in 2020 to 60 million liters in …

IEA Ups EV Growth Forecast

IEA Ups EV Growth Forecast

The global passenger fleet could reach 145 million units by the end of the decade, predicts the International Energy Age …

SWRI Launches Consortium on E-Fluids

SWRI Launches Consortium on E-Fluids

Southwest Research Institute is launching this month an industry consortium, Advanced Fluids for Electrified Vehicles, …

Castrol Expands Its Partnerships in the EV World

Castrol Expands Its Partnerships in the EV World

A new collaboration has begun between an established lubricant maker and a startup that provides automotive-grade elect …

E-Fluids, A Brave New World for Lube Makers

E-Fluids, A Brave New World for Lube Makers

The growing fleet of electric vehicles is creating new challenges for the lubricant and automotive industries. Market p …

More Carmakers Go Full Electric

More Carmakers Go Full Electric

Two legacy car companies, Jaguar and Volvo, announced recently that they will sell only battery electric cars, joining …

Shell Plans to Grow Charge Points and Shrink Refining Capacity

Shell Plans to Grow Charge Points and Shrink Refining Capacity

Royal Dutch Shell, one of the world’s largest lubricant producers, will install half a million charging points across …

GM Aims for Carbon Neutrality by 2040

GM Aims for Carbon Neutrality by 2040

General Motors, the world’s fifth-largest carmaker, said it would stop producing internal combustion engine vehicles …

EV Industry Unfettered by Pandemic

EV Industry Unfettered by Pandemic

Launches, installations and innovations carried on regardless through the second pandemic upsurge in Europe, the United …

Emirates Playing Catch-up in EV Race

Emirates Playing Catch-up in EV Race

Electric vehicle sales have been rising in the affluent countries of the West, where per capita income and environmental …

EU’s Electric Goal Gets Mixed Reception

EU’s Electric Goal Gets Mixed Reception

Europe’s carmaker trade association and environmental groups both have criticisms of the EU’s proposed transport carbon …

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