Ecowing 5% more fuel efficient than standard Kumho tyre – test

A fuel economy challenge staged by Kumho Tyres Australia has highlighted the fuel savings its ecowing ES01 can deliver. The company says that during the challenge its rolling resistance optimised tyre delivered a 5.1 per cent advantage in fuel efficiency in comparison with a conventional steel belted Kumho tyre.

The Kumho ecowing Fuel Economy Challenge was staged over 400 kilometres (250 miles) of mixed driving conditions using two identical Hyundai i40 diesel saloons. The i40 shod with conventional Kumho radials consumed 20.26 litres of fuel, an average of 5.065litres/100km (55.77mpg). Its ecowing ES01-fitted counterpart consumed just 19.21 litres of fuel, an average of 4.801 litres/100km (58.84mpg).

Australia, a country with 22.6 million inhabitants, is home to approximately 15 million vehicles. According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, the national average vehicle fuel consumption is currently 13.8 litres per 100km (20.47mpg). Kumho calculates that by using the ecowing ES01 this consumption could be lowered by 0.708 litres per 100km, saving each and every motorist close to 100 litres of fuel each year. On a national basis, a switch to ecowing ES01 tyres would save close to 1.5 billion litres of fuel per annum. 

“They are astounding figures when you think about it and all the more amazing when you realise that without any great effort we could be saving fuel money and the environment just by moving to low rolling resistance tyres,” commented Kumho Tyres Australia marketing manager David Basha.