LUBRICANTS

General Motors and Honda said they would be committing  an equal investments totaling $85 million to float what is apparently the auto industry’s first manufacturing joint venture to mass produce an advanced hydrogen fuel cell system that will be used in future products from each company. The company, Fuel Cell System ...

Toyota Motor Corporation, Tuesday, said it has started using two fuel cell forklifts, which have been manufactured by Toyota Industries Corporation, at its Motomachi Plant located in Toyota City, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. Fuel cell forklifts, which utilises hydrogen to generate electricity, have excellent environmental performance as they do not emit ...

Toyota is bringing three Mirai fuel cell electric cars (FCEVs) to Canada as the Mirai awareness campaign kicked off last weekend at the 2017 Montréal International Auto Show. The move by the Japanese car maker is in continuation of its hydrogen-powered future awareness campaign, which would be followed by other major ...

Toyota has signed an agreement with four organisations in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for a collaborative research programme to create an hydrogen-based society in the Emirates.  The agreement follows the recent inauguration of the “Hydrogen Council” in Davos by 13 global automotive and oil companies in a bid to explore the ...

Toyota’s Mirai fuel cell vehicle (FCV) Davos, Switzerland―17th January 2017: Thirteen leading energy, transport and industry companies have today launched a global initiative to voice a united vision and long-term ambition for hydrogen to foster the energy transition. In the first global initiative of its kind, the ‘Hydrogen Council’ is ...

(NAN) The Federal Government, weekend, said it would undertake a review of the pricing template for Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, also known as petrol, to forestall a further increase in the price of the commodity. Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, stated this during a grand award ...

  The National Automotive Design and Development Council (NADDC), formerly known as National Automotive Council (NAC), is collaborating with the Nigerian Lubricants Summit Group on the organisation of the third edition of the annual Nigerian Lubricants Summit, scheduled to hold in March 2017. The partnership, according to the organisers of the ...

The Nigerian Lubricants Summit Group, organisers of the annual Nigerian Lubricants Summit, Wednesday, announced a new date for the third edition of the Summit. A statement issued in Lagos said the summit will now hold on Tuesday, March 7 and Wednesday, March 8, 2017 in Lagos. Initially slated for November 2016, the summit, ...

Two major players in the downstream oil and gas sub-sector, LINC Nigeria Limited (LINC) and the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN), have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to forge a strategic partnership that will enhance the availability of refined petroleum products in the country. The MoU, which ...

The Nigerian Government said on Monday that it has no plan to jerk up the price of petrol. Minister of Petroleum, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, gave the clarification following fears of yet another hike in the pump price of petroleum products in the country. The government on May 11 liberalised the ...