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    CAFE axles of Bronco

    30 to 45% more efficient they say. https://www.sae.org/news/2021/02/dana-twin-clutch-axle-boosts-ford-bronco-sport (Heavier relatives: https://www.sae.org/publications/technical-papers/content/2020-01-1415/preview/)
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    Lynk

    - one of the less swedish brands of Geely and about to get loud over here already - seems to have its 800 Volt platform heading for Berlin: http://autonews.gasgoo.com/china_news/70017955.html
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    Decomposing second decade

    Where to put it without putting it into context non grata? Some of the linked are white papers, the brochure for a deposit control additive mentions motor oils, let's just try here. To provoke russian blending of oven chain oils into jet oils run in ZMZ, ZiL or Kalashnikov's IZH engines or not...
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    Delvac ingredient "Olefin Sulfide"

    Having seen two or three Delvacs using 1-5% of Polybutenes along the lines of Lucas I looked through others and saw two of them containing Olefin Sulfides https://bobistheoilguy.com/forums/threads/olefin-sulfide-what-is-it.39726/post-5632606 In case someone doesn't mind to comment: You probably...
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    NIO year expected to begin January 9th

    One of probably two limousines and an enlarged battery pack could be shown: https://www.chinapev.com/ev-2/nio/nio-to-release-150kwh-battery-pack-and-its-first-sedan-on-nio-day/
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    End of Lubrizol year

    The New Year's resolutions https://360.lubrizol.com/2020/ACEA-Upgrade-for-Light-Duty-Engine-Lubricants-Is-Coming https://360.lubrizol.com/2020/ACEA-2021-Upgrade-for-Heavy-Duty-Diesel-Engine-Lubricants https://360.lubrizol.com/2020/Why-use-i-pH
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    Oil change reminder, but no drain plug

    Easy listening with Jay Leno closing all the doors of his Duesenberg one after another: youtube.com/watch?v=0L24MNoKq54#t=19m34s
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    Total and DOW in old news – OSP-enhanced oils for a manufacturer around 2018?

    Did these materialize? A note from three years ago on second page: https://www.genomatica.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/icb-innovation-awards-shortlist.pdf
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    Mélange, 20000 miles, rotary Mazda RX-8 w. 90000 miles

    This I had analysed to get a feeling if I would discard oil changes with the car, not for judging performance of an individual oil obviously. (Ro 80 rotaries in the end were said to not require them any longer it seems and although the Renesis' continuous exchange rate should be about half as...
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    Steven Armes' rubber balls

    Contemporary VIIs' tunability remains quite opaque to me, but interesting work nonetheless I guess regarding some perceivable trend from several more extreme Mazda oils to Exxon's FE Ester 2.X proposal and the like. Hope to not repost his worms...
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