Defining our benchmark
There is currently no dedicated industry standard specification for hybrid engine oils. Castrol has developed a technical standard for hybrid engine oil, HYSPEC.
Introducing HYSPEC
Drawing on our years of experience, Castrol has created a comprehensive benchmark for hybrid engine oil performance.
Castrol oils are already hybrid-ready but proving how effective they are requires a benchmark. However, there is currently no specific industry standard specification for hybrid engine oils. HYSPEC is Castrol’s new technical standard for hybrid engine oils.
It isn’t a new product, ingredient or competitor comparison. It’s our own benchmark that we have chosen to measure our engine oils for hybrids against. Castrol’s HYSPEC standard enables us to prove that our oils for hybrids perform against the three main challenges faced by hybrids: contaminants, engine intermittency and system inefficiencies.
We know every part of a hybrid
We have spent over 25 years researching, testing and reporting on the characteristics of hybrids. We have worked on first-generation hybrids such as the Toyota Prius, published Society of Automotive Engineers papers on hybrid operation and designed bespoke tests to replicate severe hybrid driving conditions.
Defining HYSPEC
Castrol’s new hybrid performance standard, HYSPEC.
HYSPEC at a glance
- Over 2 billion data points collected from year-long hybrid on-road fleet trial
- Crucial research with trusted car manufacturer partners
- Testing oils in the world’s most efficient hybrid power unit
- With more than two decades of hybrid vehicle knowledge; researching, analysing, and testing how hybrids operate.
What informed HYSPEC?
HYSPEC was formed from two billion pieces of data, real-world road trials, testing and insights from motorsport and vehicle manufacturers. Combining everything we know about the challenges faced by hybrids, we selected 15 hybrid relevant industry tests and supplemented them with our own bespoke tests. This enabled us to develop a credible and rigorous hybrid standard to benchmark our oils against.
The benefits of HYSPEC
Choose oils that perform against HYSPEC, Castrol’s new hybrid performance standard – a benchmark for measuring the performance of our hybrid engine oils across the three critical areas of contaminants, engine intermittency and system efficiency.
