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Global Air Cylinder Wheels introduces OTR tyre replacement
Tyres are an essential part of mobility, but are their days numbered? One company believes that its new wheel technology can substitute the traditional rubber tyre used in mining applications and provide an alternative that is “eco-friendly, cost-effective, stronger and safer.”
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Continental extends TPMS Pro to Commercial vehicles
Passenger cars now come with TPMS as standard, and before long this feature will also be required by law in the commercial segment. The European Union’s General Safety Regulation calls for newly homologated heavy commercial vehicle models such as buses and trucks, and their trailers, to be equipped with TPMS from July this year. Starting in 2024, all new vehicles must be equipped with TPMS. Continental is catering to this growth market by expanding its commercial vehicle servicing product range with TPMS Update Plus Transport, which turns its TPMS Pro device into a “comprehensive TPMS service tool for commercial vehicles.”
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Prometeon launches new-generation Pirelli commercial range
Prometeon is introducing a new generation of Pirelli-branded truck tyres, with five product lines for long haul, regional, urban and construction site applications arriving in EMEA markets early April. The range includes the first long haul Prometeon tyre with an EU label A rating for fuel efficiency.
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Newcomers share victory in Motorrad touring tyre test
The latest issue of motorcycling magazine Motorrad includes a test of half a dozen touring tyres. Four of the six are more or less the same products that Motorrad tested a year ago, but two are newcomers – and this fresh pair share first place.
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Nexen a double Red Dot Design Award winner
Red Dot isn’t announcing its Product Design 2022 winners until 20 June, but Nexen Tire have let us in on the secret that two of its products are awardees. The Nexen N’Blue 4 Season 2 and N’Blue 4 Season Van are winners in the Product Design category this year.
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Exhibitors give a glimpse of what’s on offer at inaugural UK Garage and Bodyshop Event
The UK Garage and Bodyshop Event, presented by Automechanika Birmingham, provides the first opportunity for the industry to meet face to face on this scale since 2019, and get hands-on, learn, network and prepare for the fast-evolving landscape of the automotive industry. With just under three months to go until the inaugural event, exhibitors are giving a glimpse of what visitors can expect to see at the show, taking place from 8-9 June at Birmingham’s NEC.
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Tyre testers await Linglong Sport Master
When sharing the results of both its main summer 2022 test of 50 tyres and the performance-oriented Auto Bild Sportscars tyre test, esteemed European publication Auto Bild commented that the days of Chinese-made tyres failing these tests due to outdated technology are well and truly behind us. Auto Bild spoke about one product from China in particularly favourable tones.
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Michelin updates bicycle range with Power Cup
A new range of premium Michelin bicycle tyres has arrived, shipped in packaging that is now 100 per cent recyclable. Michelin says it designed the Michelin Power Cup for “road cyclists looking for the ultimate performance” and promises that this new range “offers something for everyone” – from riders racing in the Grand Tours to enthusiastic amateurs who just want the optimum riding performance.
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Pirelli launches P Zero Race 4S for road bikes
Pirelli has introduced a new tyre, aimed specifically at road bikes. Named the P Zero Race 4S, it is the first 100 per cent made in Italy product since Pirelli’s return to the cycling arena since the company’s return to this market in 2017.
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Continental tyres for Rivian Prime Vans
Electric vehicle manufacturer Rivian has selected Continental tyres as an original equipment fitment for the fully electric RPV 500 and RPV 700 delivery vans it developed for online retailer Amazon. For the North American market, Rivian Prime Vans are equipped with size LT245/70 R16 VanContact A/S all-season tyres ex works.
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Ukraine war’s impact on global tyre-makers acute for Nokian, manageable for others
The first month of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has already revealed several consequences for mobility and the global tyre industry, as Tyrepress’s continuing coverage of the situation has shown. The resultant sanctions imposed on Russia by an international alliance and the response of multinational companies, at least 450 of which had scaled back their business in the country as of the publication of this article, will send reverberations around global economies. The tyre industry faces impacts on several fronts – higher fuel prices and further interruption to logistics chains and materials supply will have knock-on consequences for tyre sales that will unfold over the coming months. At nearly a month after the conflict began, tyre business analyst Astutus Research examines the immediate consequences for tyre manufacturing in Russia, as well as its neighbours Ukraine and Belarus. This analysis looks at the impact of events on the global manufacturers whose plants were collectively responsible for around 70 per cent of Russia’s passenger car and light truck (PCLT) output. For more Astutus Research analysis and forecasts for the global tyre business, see the report series ‘Beyond Covid-19’ in Tyrepress’s Report Shop.
Continue Reading![From top to flop – Auto Bild Sportscars’ summer tyre test](https://www.tyrepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/auto-bild-sportscars-sum22-header-sml.jpg)
From top to flop – Auto Bild Sportscars’ summer tyre test
With summer approaching, Auto Bild Sportscars has delivered a timely test of 15 tyre combinations. The publication examined 11 brands in the all-round size 225/45 R18 and four as a mixed 225/45 (front) and 255/40 R18 (rear) fitment, taking each set “to the limit and a bit beyond” with a series of tests in wet and dry conditions. The goal was to identify the “tops and flops” on the market this season.
Continue Reading![Triangle adds new mobile crane tyre](https://www.tyrepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/6230c89ba722a3d2fdaed29f_TRIANGLE-TYRE-UPGRADE-MOBILE-CRANE-RANGE.png)
Triangle adds new mobile crane tyre
Triangle Tyre has added a new size to its TB576 mobile crane tyre line-up - 445/95R25 TB576 174F. According to the company, Triangle distributors will be able to order the newly introduced size in April 2022.
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Rolling resistance optimised sizes join Continental AllSeasonContact line-up
Continental is introducing a further five AllSeasonContact dimensions, and these tyres are the first in the range to offer an EU label rating of A for fuel efficiency. Furthermore, four of the five new sizes are XL rated for heavier loads; Continental says this combination “makes the tyre the ideal retrofit option for electric vehicles, as it can carry the higher average weight and extend the range of e-vehicles.”
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RoadSmart IV: Dunlop’s “multi-talented tyre”
The latest generation of Dunlop’s RoadSmart is available in 21 sizes and 24 SKUs, a line-up that brings the total range to over 40 sizes that cover 97 per cent of the sport-touring radial tyre segment. Following the trade preview of RoadSmart IV at the end of 2021, Dunlop has released more information on the technologies that go into this tyre.
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