Global fuel additive market growth is driven by stringent regulations regarding fuel efficiency and vehicular emissions. Fuel additives are formulated chemicals that are added to vehicular fuels like gasoline and diesel to enhance performance characteristics. These help in improving fuel combustion, inhibiting corrosion, enhancing lubricity, controlling deposits and cleaning engines. With growing awareness about environmental protection and sustainable transportation, there will be huge demand for high-performance fuel additives from automakers. Furthermore, rapid industrialization and infrastructure development across emerging economies have also significantly boosted commercial vehicle fleet, thus, augmenting consumption of diesel engine fuel and associated additives.
Market Dynamics:
Stringent norms regarding vehicular emissions and fuel efficiency standards set by regulatory bodies around the world can boost adoption of sophisticated fuel additives. Growth in international trade, urbanization and industrial & agricultural activity has led to considerable rise in transportation via road, rail, sea and air, thus, boosting need for superior quality fuels and additives.
Volatility in raw material prices poses a major challenge for fuel additive manufacturers. Moreover, availability of crude oil-based substitutes at lower costs can also hamper the market growth.
Ongoing research & development of bio-based and synthetic additives for renewable fuels like ethanol and biodiesel can open up new avenues
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