Electric Vehicle Lubricants: Essential Advancements for Next-Generation Mobility 2026
Electric vehicles (EVs) are becoming increasingly popular as the technology improves, and the need for more sustainable transportation options grows. One of the key components of an EV is its lubrication system, which helps to keep the various moving parts of...
The Future of Automobile Lubrication: Advancements in Lubricant Technology
Importance of Lubrication in Automobiles Lubrication plays a vital role in smooth and efficient operation of automobiles. Its importance lies in the reduction of friction and wear within various components of the vehicle's engine, transmission, and other mechanical systems. By...
Time for TBN (and all the rest)
TBN? What is that acronym? Is it on Google? Is it relevant for lubricant consumers to know? Why is TBN not displayed on a can of lube? Is TBN more relevant to specific operating conditions? What TBN should be present...
Nanolubricants
Nanotechnology has gifted the mankind with particles which are much smaller yet more powerful as they exhibit superior mechanical, electrical, optical properties as compared to the micro particles. It has been reported that the bulk properties of materials can be...
A beginners guide to grease
Grease definition The word grease is derived from an old French word “Graisse” meaning thick or fat. A grease is a solid to semi-solid product of suspension of thickener into a liquid lubricant. Grease composition Grease is made by adding...
Tribological challenges in e-mobility
Electric vehicle technology has been considered as one of the most important upcoming technologies in the present world. There is most definitely a crucial reason for this consideration and this is not solely relying on the fact that EV’s are...
An Engineered Salvinia-like Slippery Surface
The surface properties of materials are often critical because they dictate how they react with their external environment. An important property currently under intense investigation is how surfaces interact with liquids like water. In a wide range of industrial applications,...
Electric vehicles: less challenges for tribologists?
With the last years’ rise of electric vehicles (EV), you may have thought that the future lubrication challenges for cars may not be challenging anymore. At least not as challenging as the ones that the tribology community had to face...
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Sediments Act As Lubricants for Plate Tectonics
Plate tectonics explains the features and movement of the Earth's surface both in the present and in the past. It is the theory that the outer shell of Earth is divided into many plates (including a few major plates as...
Graphene based solid lubricant reduces friction and wear
This composite image depicts the makeup and performance of a new non-liquid lubricant developed by researchers at Purdue University. (Purdue University image/ Abdullah A. Alazemi) Download image. WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Researchers have created a new type of non-liquid lubricant...
