Cosmo Tires has introduced the Kurrent touring tyre, which features a 70,000-Mile limited warranty (40,000 miles when used on electric vehicles). Designed with the company’s Quiet Kat noise isolation technology, advanced compounding, and an ultra-modern sidewall aesthetic the Kurrent also features a patented treadwear indicator on the centre rib, allowing drivers to easily monitor remaining tread life.
ENSO has launched what its calls its “premium range” of tyres designed for “ultra-high performance (UHP)…electric passenger vehicles”. According to the company, the launch marks “a major expansion of Enso’s product range”, following successful rollouts with commercial fleets.
Kumho is preparing to increase the capacity of new energy vehicle tyres at the Nanjing plant. Specifically, after the construction, the annual capacity of new energy vehicle tyres at this production base will increase from 1.78 million to 3.18 million (an increase of 1.4 million).
To demonstrate that its tyres are equally suitable for electric and combustion engine vehicles, in summer 2023 Nokian Tyres debuted its ‘Electric Fit’ logo. Since then, it has featured this logo in promotional and point-of-sale material but, curiously, the logo didn’t appear on tyre sidewalls. This has changed with the launch of the Nokian Tyres Seasonproof 2.
In the ever-evolving landscape of automotive technology, the criteria for SUV tyres demand superior performance, along with enhanced safety, durability and longevity. Hankook reports that its SUV tyres are engineered with cutting-edge technology to deliver “superior traction, stability, and comfort”. With tread options for summer, winter and all-season applications, the SUV range includes the new Ventus evo SUV among other predecessor Ventus models, the Dynapro HPX, and the iON evo SUV- all engineered for optimal performance during summer months. For all-season use, the Kinergy 4S2 X and iON FlexClimate SUV are available.
Recent years have seen Kumho Tyre strengthen its presence in the SUV and high-performance tyre markets to take into account the trends towards both SUVs and electric vehicles amongst the vehicle-buying public with the introduction of its ECSTA Sport range.
AutoBild has made the Hankook iON Evo the top product in its electric vehicle test. The winner of the 2024 WhatTyre Tyre of the Year and Electric Car Tyre of the Year impressed the German motoring magazine’s independent testers with its all-round abilities, notably matching Continental’s PremiumContact 7 at the top of the table in wet performance. It was one of two tyres developed specifically for EVs included in the test, the other being Falken’s E.Ziex, which distinguished itself particularly well in the rolling resistance test, the only tyre to achieve the top grade, as well as recording decent performance marks. All eight tyres were tested on Hyundai’s electric powered SUV, the Kona, in size 215/55R18 99V/Y.
Hankook Tyre UK has partnered with the 2025 London to Brighton Electric Vehicle Rally, the UK’s largest electric vehicle event spotlighting advancements in EV technology and sustainable practices which will take place on 21 June 2025. Starting at Westminster and touring the iconic landscape of central London, to finishing in the heart of Brighton, the rally challenges a convoy of 100+ participants to complete the journey with minimal energy consumption, highlighting the crucial role of efficiency in electric mobility.
Continental will launch the EcoContact 7 and EcoContact 7 S summer tyres in 2025, products it is calling its most efficient ever. Featuring Conti’s latest efficiency-boosting technologies, the new EcoContact series tyres predominantly achieve EU tyre label ratings of A for rolling resistance, as well as A or B for wet braking and rolling noise, and are suitable for both electric vehicles, indicated by the Continental EV Compatible logo, and internal combustion engine (ICE) powered cars. The tyres, whose impending arrival we reported last year, also offer lower levels of noise. They succeed Tyrepress’s sister consumer tyre advice website WhatTyre’s 2024 Eco Tyre of the Year, the EcoContact 6.
Yokohama’s latest premium tyres are proving popular among original equipment manufacturers in a wide variety of applications. The manufacturer’s Advan Sport EV offers a new tread compound designed to reduce rolling resistance, tackling range anxiety in the growing electric vehicle segment. The Adan Sport EV also features Silentfoam, a specially designed foam inside the tyre which contributes to a quieter ride.
The Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd. has begun supplying its 507U rib-lug tyres for low-floor buses to Isuzu Motors Limited for use as standard equipment on firm’s Erga EV, a battery-electric flat-floor route bus, which was launched in May 2024. The 507U bears Yokohama Rubber’s proprietary “E+” mark to indicate that it has special qualities suitable for electrified vehicles. The ERGA EV is being equipped with 275/70R22.5 148/145J size tyres.
After acquiring Guangrao Jixing under Doublestar, Huasheng Rubber has changed the facility’s name to Heda Rubber. On 18 November, Heda Rubber started manufacturing and the first passenger car radial tyres rolled off the production line. Zhang Shulin, chairman of Huasheng Rubber Group, and Zhao Ruiqing, general manager attended the first tyre roll-off ceremony.
Distribution of Xpeng in the UK will be “in early 2025” with the introduction of the advanced G6 mid-size SUV. But what tyres will the cars be fitted with? Suggestions that the carmaker with factories in Zhaoqing and Guangzhou, Guangdong province would choose Chinese tyre brands are undermined by the fact that the G6 is pictured wearing Michelin rubber in promotion shots located in London, Paris and Amsterdam.
Driven by the company’s corporate belief that mobility is a human right and essential for flourishing and freedom, Michelin is committed to decarbonising mobility and – of course – tyres play a key role in that. During a recent visit to Michelin’s Clermont-Ferrand headquarters and Ladoux research and development facility in France, Michelin executives articulated how that grand vision relates to the tyres and vehicles of today as well as the technology of tomorrow.
On 11 October Lynk & Co unveiled its first electric vehicle for the European market, the Lynk & Co 02. The debut marks the first global launch of a new model for Lynk & Co. And what’s more the new car came out on Continental tyres.
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