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LIQUI MOLY Managing Director Günter Hiermaier on electric mobility, growth in shrinking markets and the future of the company LIQUI MOLY has been supporting technological change in the automotive industry for over 60 years. Thanks to its wide range of automotive chemicals, Managing Director Günter Hiermaier sees the company as well positioned for the mobility transformation. Surely electric mobility must frighten a manufacturer of motor oils and additives? Günter Hiermaier: No, not at all. For us, this means additional business because we can launch new products specifically for electric vehicles, most recently a transmission fluid for Tesla and a fuel...

Whether car or truck driver, mechanic, workshop foreman or salesperson in the retail trade – for many, LIQUI MOLY is a top brand. The readers of Auto Zeitung Classic Cars agree. They voted the Ulm-based lubricant specialist the top brand in the motor oil category. In January, antique and modern classics are usually in hibernation or on the lifting platform. And when the friends of classic vehicles are not busy tinkering, there’s time to get occupy themselves with their automotive passion in other ways. One of these is to browse through the specialist literature. Auto Zeitung Classic Cars called on...

Additives are vitamins for your car. It won't work without them. They ensure cleaning and corrosion protection, for stable lubrication and temperature resistance. Even simple mineral motor oils, which no longer come close to meeting the requirements of today's motors, are up to 15% additives. Modern oils, such as fully synthetic motor oils, are even up to 30%. What you may not already know is every time you fuel your car, you add additives. For modern fuels are packed with additives, in order to increase the knock resistance of petrol, for example, or to make diesel less sensitive to below...

What are additives? Definition: Additives (derived from the Latin word “additivum” = to add) aids or  admixtures that are added to products in minimal quantities to achieve or improve certain properties. 1. Soiled engine Every combustion process leaves behind tiny particles inside an engine. These are deposits that build up in the combustion chambers, on injection nozzles, valves or nozzle needles. The result: Impairments of the engine performance, increased fuel consumption, more soot emissions and more pollutant emissions. LIQUI MOLY additives eliminate existing deposits and prevent new deposits from forming. The combustion process is optimized. 2. Leaky radiator In the...