Published: | in Tyre News | Comments Off on Enforcing the EU Tyre Labelling Laws
In November 2012, the EU Tyre Labelling will become mandatory, but are adequate plans in place about how to enforce the new rules? There is no point having a labelling system without a system in place to ensure that everyone is grading their tyres to a standardised level, and that all tyres are in fact […]
Published: | in Michelin tyres, Tyre News | Comments Off on Michelin Looking Beyond The EU Tyre Labels
The EU tyre labels that are becoming mandatory in November focus on only three aspects of tyre performance – rolling resistance (or fuel efficiency), wet braking and external noise. Clearly there are many more things to consider when you are buying new car tyres. You also need to think about dry braking, cornering and longevity, […]
Published: | in Tyre News | Comments Off on Tyres On Mars!
Four decades ago, when the Moon rover travelled across the surface of the moon, it did so on tyres developed by Goodyear. The Mars Curiosity rover on the other hand, is fitted with tyres built at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory’s Mars Science Laboratory. What’s more, they are printing Morse Code across the surface of the […]
Published: | in General Tyre News, Tyre News | Comments Off on The New 62 Plate Vehicles Are On Their Way
One of the two biggest months for car dealerships is here, and I expect sales teams across the country are rushed off their feet. September accounts for almost a fifth of the year’s total car sales, only behind March. A good strong month for car sales has wider implications for the economy as a whole as […]
Published: | in Tyre News | Comments Off on EU Tyre Labels – The Mystery Of D And G
An odd title, you may think, but despite the new EU tyre labels grades for rolling resistance and wet braking going from A to G, consumer tyres will never score a D for either category, or a G for wet braking. What does this mean for consumers? Well, if you are looking at two tyres, […]
Published: | in Tyre News | Comments Off on Tyre Replacement The Easy Way
Do you find it a hassle to find time to have your car tyres replaced? When you work full time and want to spend your weekends with your family, it can be a struggle to fit in around many tyre fitters’ hours. A simple solution is to choose a mobile tyre fitting service instead, such […]
Published: | in Tyre News | Comments Off on Illegal Exports Of Worn Tyres
We have mentioned before on this blog that it is a legal requirement for car tyres to be completely reused or recycled into another product; no going in to landfill or burning allowed. However, in recent years, there has been an increase in the number of tyres being illegally exported to be used as fuel […]
The soon to be launched electric Audi R8 e-tron has recently set the world record for a production vehicle featuring an electric drive system on the Nordschliefe at the Nurburgring. Widely considered the toughest test track in the world, the Nurburgring Nordschleife is an exceptionally challenging 12.92 mile track. The Audi R8 e-tron was driven […]
Published: | in General Tyre News, Tyre News | Comments Off on Teething Troubles For the New Tyre Labels?
Even though the new EU tyre labelling laws don’t come into play until November, there are already people in the industry worried that it isn’t going to work out quite as it was intended. The levels for each grade boundary were intentionally set to push the industry to reach new highs; it wasn’t supposed to […]
Published: | in Tyre News | Comments Off on Measuring Tyre Quality
There are three aspects to the new EU tyre labelling laws that tyre manufacturers and retailers are required to display on all car tyres from November. These are the things that manufacturers are required to measure for all their tyres. These are: Rolling resistance – effectively this is the fuel efficiency of your tyres. The […]