General Motors will receive a fixed oil supplier costs – oil – automotive supplies industry
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General Car Will adjust its engine in the global oil Dexos of patent fees, from the original charge royalties per gallon Variable to receive a fixed annual fee; the fixed annual fee will be based on General Motors and Lubricating oil The company’s market share data. This message has been a General Motors officials confirmed. Early, using DEXOS oil customers receive 1000 U.S. dollars for each product provides an annual fee, even after the extra 36 cents / gallon royalty. North American head of GM’s power, said Johnson, General Motors Corporation a fixed annual fee is adjusted in response to Oil Market feedback. Oil company said that this way of charging a fixed fee, will greatly ease the pressure on them. Johnson told the “LubeReport”, oil companies had stated that they would meet the Dexos rollout in their individual markets and production plans. It also enables oil companies to remove a demand-driven mode of production, that is the factory of the plant production area of the region, we recognize that these oil companies have said, this is a more appropriate means. As of yesterday, Lube Report Advisory oil giant, there is no one pair of LubeReport to make changes on the cost report Dexos give any reply. At a press conference, GM officials did not provide for this newspaper about how to calculate such costs in more detail. Familiar with Dexos plant sources, GM will be calculated in units of gallons through all markets, GM’s market share and the oilman’s market share in this cost calculation. GM to use the data to calculate the three main oilman Sell Potential gallons of product usage, not just Dexos. The source hinted that although the oilman had bought the world’s license, but car manufacturers continue to be calculated separately for each region. Later, GM company data will be collected in accordance with advice to use the cost per gallon. Sources have suggested that General Motors to consider the cost of “fixity” because General Motors is now looking at market share, and then calculate the cost of the next four years oilman. General Motors Recalling Johnson said the need for copyright royalties, because a lot of engine testing will need to replace, this is because they will be abandoned or difficult to buy, suggesting that GM’s cost of engine test development would be great, companies need to prepare for. Dexos royalties, much higher than the oil companies now pay the costs of the American Petroleum Institute. Recently fixed patent fee charged 1250 U.S. dollars per non-member of the American Petroleum Institute on the basis of this additional charge 250 U.S. dollars, each year more than 1 million gallons of the company, charge 0.002 U.S. dollars per gallon cost. The cost of oil to pass the right to use the American Petroleum Institute certification mark. About Dexos: 2009 9 8, in the STLE Detroit Division sponsored academic conference, GM (General Motors) announced its global engine oil Dexos more details. GM launched Dexos specification is mainly due to ACEA, ILSAC and API specifications are regional, while GM plants in the world, it is necessary to formulate a unified global oil specifications. Dexos is based on ACEA C3-07 set, divided into Dexos 1 and Dexos2 two types of indicators in the laboratory, the main use of API, ILSAC and other areas in North America is, Dexos1 very harsh, mainly as follows: volatility is 13%, compared with GF-5 draft of 15% was also low, , type oil to meet the requirements; sulfur content of the draft than the GF-5 harsh; proposed GF-5 is not the base value and the sulfuric acid Ash asked; shear stability using the ACEA-07 diesel nozzle method, which will require viscosity index Modifier Shear stability to Europe as well. In addition Dexos 1 and Dexos 2 in ACEAC3-07 based on the increase of chlorine content of demands, rubber compatibility will have to meet U.S. and European rubber requirements. In the engine test area, Dexos by the ACEA, ILSAC and GM-house engine test three parts. ILSACGF-4/GF-5 first meet the requirements of a formal launch, but GF-5 GF-5 on the full use of testing and targets, including D B will be replaced, GA ROBO will be replaced, and to increase the phosphorus retention test GB .