Electric Vehicles
Firm Claims EVs Have Higher Early Costs
By Boris Kamchev - August 5, 2021Drivers 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
By Simon Johns - July 26, 2021The 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
By Boris Kamchev - July 23, 2021Europe’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
By Boris Kamchev - July 9, 2021Battery-powered cars are now synonymous in the public consciousness with zero-emissions transport. There is another way …
EV Fluid Development Challenges
July 1, 2021Alexandra 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
By Boris Kamchev - June 18, 2021While 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
By Boris Kamchev - June 11, 2021Lubricant blenders, automakers and mining companies are increasingly outsourcing their supply chain management needs to …
E-fluid Market Set to Soar, says SK
By Boris Kamchev - June 4, 2021The 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
By Simon Johns - May 16, 2021The 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
By Boris Kamchev - May 4, 2021Southwest Research Institute is launching this month an industry consortium, Advanced Fluids for Electrified Vehicles, …
Castrol Expands Its Partnerships in the EV World
By Boris Kamchev - April 22, 2021A 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
By Boris Kamchev - April 14, 2021The growing fleet of electric vehicles is creating new challenges for the lubricant and automotive industries. Market p …
More Carmakers Go Full Electric
By Boris Kamchev - March 16, 2021Two 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
By Boris Kamchev - March 12, 2021Royal 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
By Staff Reports - February 12, 2021General Motors, the world’s fifth-largest carmaker, said it would stop producing internal combustion engine vehicles …
EV Industry Unfettered by Pandemic
By Simon Johns - January 15, 2021Launches, installations and innovations carried on regardless through the second pandemic upsurge in Europe, the United …
Emirates Playing Catch-up in EV Race
By Simon Johns - January 15, 2021Electric 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
By Simon Johns - January 15, 2021Europe’s carmaker trade association and environmental groups both have criticisms of the EU’s proposed transport carbon …