Michelin as been announced as official tyre supplier for the new FIA Formula E Championship – providing tyres for electric cars to compete in street circuit races across the world. Michelin, who withdrew from traditional F1 in 2006, will supply racing tyres for each car in the Formula E Championship which expects to include 20 […]

Goodyear has added a new product to its EfficientGrip range of passenger car tyres. The Performance tyre boasts the highest possible score on the European tyre labelling scheme: an AA, and excels in many other criteria that are not tested by the label. The tyre company have revealed plans to take the lead in tyre […]

Michelin tyres help the new Citroën Hybrid Air eco prototype to reduce its carbon dioxide emissions, increase its energy efficiency and improve resistance to aquaplaning. The Hybrid Air was revealed at the Geneva Motor Show with production for the energy-efficient car planned for 2016. Citroën’s prototype technology is based on a petrol engine and contains […]

Those piles of car tyre mountains are set to become history with a new tyre cutter and flat packaging system that has been launched by Symphony recycling. The cutter has the capability of reducing a tyre in just one minute making the recycling process a lot faster and easier. The machine is small enough to fit in a garage […]

According to recent research carried out only 17% of new cars purchased have been sold with a full size spare wheel. If you look in your boot or wherever you’re spare may be kept its likely you will see a puncture repair kit or a space saver tyre. So why are so many car manufacturer’s […]

So the F1 season is over for another year. The Pirelli tyres used on the cars this year helped create a thrilling and certainly an unpredictable season. A whopping 23,500 were used throughout the duration of the year – 21,400 dry tyres and 2,100 wet tyres – thats an awful lot of rubber! Read on to […]

Continental have been working on many different components designed for electric vehicles, in particular the Conti.eContact tyres. In order to demonstrate these tyres Continental have actually converted a bog standard Renault Megane to a prototype electric vehicle incorporating around 40 of Continental’s own components. The Conti.eContact tyres deliver 30% less rolling resistance which means your […]

Tyre design and manufacturing is a thriving industry, and researchers are always working to come up with the next big thing in tyres. As a result, there are some amazing innovations that may be appearing on our cars in the (hopefully) not too distant future. Who knows, one day the tyres that are fitted as […]

A Germany-based research group has unveiled the prototype of what it calls an ‘adaptive tyre’. According to the group, the tyre can adapt itself to different weather and road conditions. Whether you are driving on a smooth motorway, or a rough gravel road, in hot weather, snow, or rain, the tyre can recognise the conditions […]

We all know race cars tend to be vastly different from our average family saloon; they have different tyres, more powerful engines, and no need for back seats or extensive boot space. So it will come as no surprise to hear they even fill their tyres with a different gas. You probably fill your tyres […]