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  • Top Automotive Industry Trends
    Top Automotive Industry Trends

    Five years ago, it was difficult to make the case for electric vehicles (EV). Electric cars were expensive, the vehicle range was too short, and there was a dearth of charging infrastructure. Talk centered around the enduring nature of the interna...

  • Shell launches E-Fluids
    Shell launches E-Fluids

    Shell has launched a new range of fluids specifically designed to work in battery electric vehicles (EVs). These E-Transmission Fluids, E-Thermal Fluids, and E-Greases will make battery EVs perform better and be more efficient. Shell sai...

  • Arrival and implementation of China 6, a new national standard
    Arrival and implementation of China 6, a new national standard

    The global automotive market is about to face one of the toughest challenges in its history: the arrival and implementation of China 6, a new national standard aimed at dramatically cutting emissions from the country’s passenger cars and com...

  • Middle East base oil news
    Middle East base oil news

    Group I Group I base oils supply was stable in Q2 while lockdowns and other restriction measures to control the coronavirus outbreak continued. While shipments from Iran were delayed, onshore supply in the main trading hub, the UAE, was suffic...

  • Dexos1 Gen 3 Tests Available Sept. 1
    Dexos1 Gen 3 Tests Available Sept. 1

    General Motors’ proprietary tests required for its Dexos1 Gen 3 passenger car engine oil licensing will be available beginning Sept. 1, said GM Engineering Manager Nathan Siebert during a webinar last week. Gen 3 will replace Dexos1...

  • BP cuts dividend as losses swell on poor oil demand
    BP cuts dividend as losses swell on poor oil demand

      BP has halved its dividend and reported a record $6.7bn quarterly loss after the coronavirus pandemic hit global demand for oil. The dividend cut is a blow for UK pension funds, many of whom have large shareholdings in BP.  ...

  • Petronas releases transmission fluids for 5 different vehicle categories
    Petronas releases transmission fluids for 5 different vehicle categories

    Producing lubricants to meet ever-increasing performance levels and industry standards in automotive technologies, Petronas launched its transmission fluids range Tutela. The Tutela range has been developed separately for automatic (ATF), automate...

  • Introducing the API SP
    Introducing the API SP

    To ensure engine oils are certified to provide the added performance benefits required to meet the demands of modern engine technology – including, engine downsizing, gasoline direct injection (GDI), turbocharging and gasoline particulate fi...