Continental shows HD Hybrid tyre at CV Show

The first exhibition since Continental Tyres added another new product to its commercial vehicle tyre range in the UK and Ireland made the CV Show a great opportunity to promote its new HD Hybrid tyre. According to the company, the new dual-purpose drive axle tyre is designed for vehicles that do a combination of regional and long distance work. It is designed to operate a broad range of applications without – says Conti – any compromise in rolling resistance, energy efficiency, grip, safety and noise.

Jill Rodgers, marketing manager commercial products at Continental UK, said: “The HD Hybrid offers fleet operators, who don’t operate exclusively on long-distance or regional routes, the best of both worlds. At the core of every Continental product is low rolling resistance, which plays a vital role when it comes to fuel consumption. The HD Hybrid continues this benefit and encompasses all the major qualities that operators look for in a tyre namely: mileage, low rolling resistance, retreadability and reductions in fuel consumption.”

Company representatives report that the versatility of the HD Hybrid tyre is made possible by the innovative tread design featuring a combined rib and block tread. The longitudinal groove design is optimised for low rolling resistance, which ultimately helps improve fuel economy, while the deep tread depth is said to offer extended mileage in more intensive regional conditions.

Furthermore the twin groove and sipe system engineered in the HD Hybrid tyre, guarantees the same proportion of sipes and grooves over the entire life of the tyre. When the tyre reaches the halfway point in its life, the innovative 3D sipe technology turns the sipes into grooves that extend to the bottom of the tread. In addition, a tread structure that was shaped as a groove when the tyre was new, now becomes a zig-zag sipe.

The HD Hybrid drive axle tyre is available in: 295/60R22.5, 315/60R22.5, 315/70R22.5, 295/80R22.5 and 315/80R22.5.