Inter-Sprint launching new Mastersteel, Roadhog patterns
New summer patterns have the Mastersteel and Roadhog budget tyre ranges. These two private labels offered by Inter-Sprint Banden B.V. are amongst the more than 17,000 SKUs of passenger, light commercial, truck and two-wheeler tyres that Europe’s largest privately owned tyre importer and distributor holds within its in-house stock of around 3 million tyres. These latest Mastersteel and Roadhog products arrive from September.
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Pirelli: EV fitments growing at double 2022’s rate, brand most-seen on new EVs at IAA Munich
Pirelli has claimed leadership in supplying tyres for premium and prestige electric cars at the IAA Mobility car show in Munich. Pirelli equipped almost 25 per cent of the BEV cars and 30 per cent of the plug-in hybrids among the new electric cars on display. The cars were fitted with a mix of Pirelli’s products, such as its P Zero performance and its Scorpion SUV ranges, all featuring the company’s “Elect” marking that signifies that the models have been developed with EV-specific technologies. The Italian brand said that its original equipment homologations for EVs have grown at a rate more than double that on the previous year.
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G&B Finch equips heavy-duty trucks, trailers with Wheely-Safe technology
Essex-based G&B Finch has equipped five of its heavy-duty Iveco tractor units and bulk tipper trailers with Wheely-Safe technology. The in-motion wheel loss detection system combines brake and hub temperature monitoring with an intelligent tyre pressure monitoring system (TPMS). G&B Finch decided to fit the system after suffering a series of tyre blowouts.
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CEAT Specialty to launch forestry tyre range at Agritechnica
CEAT Specialty is set to launch “a comprehensive range of forestry tyres” at Agritechnica 2023. The CEAT Specialty Forestry range will cover the two key segments of log skidder and forwarder harvester.
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Pirelli recalls 15,000 bicycle tyres in North America
Pirelli announced a voluntary recall in coordination with the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) on 7 September. 14,500 tyres covered by the recall have been sold in the USA, plus another 550 sold in Canada. Therefore, a total of 15,550 tyres are affected.
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Only 16% of European consumers opting for BEVs – Bloomberg Intelligence survey
A new survey from Bloomberg Intelligence (BI) on auto-buying intentions finds that EU automakers battery-electric vehicle (BEV) growth goals look ambitious, with just 16 per cent of private buyers in Europe favouring them. 44 per cent opting for hybrids that play to BMW, Mercedes and Toyotas strengths and disadvantage pure-play Tesla. Few charging points, range anxiety and high prices are the top concerns amongst respondents. The inaugural auto-buying questionnaire surveyed 1,500 adults planning to buy a car in the next 12 months in the five largest European markets of Germany, UK, France, Italy and Spain – together these making up about 75 per cent of the regions sales.
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Maxxis continues GASGAS OE tyre supply
The Maxxis MaxxCross MX-ST+ motocross tyre has been selected again as original equipment for the 2024 range of GASGAS motocross bikes. Meanwhile, the 2024 enduro range including the EC450F and EC500F models will feature Maxxis MaxxEnduro tyres.
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Pyrum rCB in Continental solid tyres
Continental has begun using recovered carbon black (rCB) in the production of Super Elastic solid tyres at its Korbach plant in Germany. The recovered carbon black is supplied by Pyrum Innovations, a Continental partner company.
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Nordman now a standalone Nokian Tyres brand
Nokian Tyres is relaunching its Nordman product family as a standalone tyre brand aimed at value-driven consumers. Nordman will support the main Nokian Tyres brand.
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Survey suggests majority of EV owners want specialist tyres
According to a survey commissioned by Apollo Tyres, almost two-thirds of electric vehicle (EV) owners in the UK would prefer to purchase replacement tyres that have been developed specifically for use on this type of vehicle. A poll of 1,000 motorists showed that 64 per cent of EV drivers said they would favour EV-specific replacement tyres, compared to just one per cent who say they would be unlikely to choose these.
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New Michelin Xtra Defend size for Volvo A60H
A further size has joined the Michelin Xtra Defend construction tyre range, and Michelin says that from December 2023 this 33.25 R 29 tyre will replace the X-Super Terrain + in 800/80 R 29. Michelin developed this new tyre specifically to fit the Volvo A60H, the largest articulated dump truck in the world, which is primarily used for mine and quarry applications.
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Yokohama OE on Toyota Grand Highlander
Yokohama Rubber Co Ltd is supplying Geolandar X-CV tyres as original equipment (OE) for Toyota Motor Corporation’s first-ever Grand Highlander SUV, which was launched in North America in June 2023. The Grand Highlander is being fitted with 255/65R18 111H and 255/55R20 107V size tyres.
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Bridgestone Blizzak LM 005 continues winter tyre test dominance, but others better on snow
German consumer automotive magazine Auto Motor und Sport (AMS) has published the first winter tyre test of the season, pitting seven high-performance 20-inch profiles against each other. The clear overall winner was the reigning WhatTyre Winter Tyre of the Year, Bridgestone’s Blizzak LM 005, yet the tyre benefitted from the magazine’s decision to reduce the share of snow performance in the overall score to 20 per cent; the tyre was rated lower than all but one of the other six competitors in the test. The Stuttgart-based testers fitted 255/45 R20 105V XL tyres on both conventional and electric Kias.
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AutoBild Allrad recommends 4 ‘exemplary’ all-season SUV tyres
AutoBild Allrad’s 2023 test of 10 all-season SUV tyres gave four tyres the top “exemplary” grade, with two joint-winners. In Germany, all-season tyres have grown with the most recent product generations’ improved technology, despite the traditional strength of its seasonal tyre change market. The magazine, one of Germany’s leading consumer automotive publications, said the top-ranking tyres in its latest test have “matured into true heroes of road traffic.” At the other end of the scale, three of the size 235/65 R17 108 V/W tyres were described as “not recommended”, while three other tyres gained “satisfactory” and “good” final verdicts. So which all-season products could AutoBild Allrad “unreservedly recommend” to motorists?
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Motorsport RFID tyre tags: Sumitomo Rubber Industries partners with Avery Dennison
Sumitomo Rubber Industries Motorsport Department has selected Avery Dennison’s AD Maxdura tyre tag for use by endurance racing teams on Falken tyres. Teams will benefit from new data to help them prepare and improve race performance. With a unique RFID transponder implanted in each tyre, information can be read automatically and used to identify precisely which tyres are in use from the pit to the track. To further boost control, as well as stock and performance management, the Avery Dennison Maxdura Tire Tag enables teams to optimize real-time inventory and logistics. In addition, providing a unique ID for each tyre is intended to “improve reuse and recycling processes after the race to make events more environmentally sustainable.”
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