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Audi R8 V10 Goes Skiing Uphill With Summer Tires, RWD vs. AWD Battle Ensues
Audi R8 V10 Goes Skiing Uphill With Summer Tires, RWD vs. AWD Battle Ensues

28 Oct 2022, 15:46 UTC · By: Razvan Calin / YouTuber Mat Watson from carwow put the supercars to the winter test without proper rubber-ware, and it hit 210 mph while stationary

 
Bet You Didn't Know You Can Use Hot Glue Gun Sticks to Make Your Own Bike Tires!
Bet You Didn't Know You Can Use Hot Glue Gun Sticks to Make Your Own Bike Tires!

12 Oct 2022, 11:59 UTC · By: Cristina Mircea / Puncture-proof tires are long-lasting, but these DIY tires, made out of hot glue gun sticks, look like they mean business

 
840 HP 4WD '82 Oldsmobile Cutlass Smokes, Drags, and Drives Crowds Wild With Burnouts
840 HP 4WD '82 Oldsmobile Cutlass Smokes, Drags, and Drives Crowds Wild With Burnouts

17 Sep 2022, 11:15 UTC · By: Razvan Calin / A life-long project of a very DIY-type car enthusiast, the one-off Oldsmobile is one mean-looking machine with a meaner demeanor and tire-shredding habits

 
The "Tire Extinguishers" Are an Inspiration, People Now Scratch SUVs and Slash Their Tires
The "Tire Extinguishers" Are an Inspiration, People Now Scratch SUVs and Slash Their Tires

29 Aug 2022, 20:06 UTC · By: Florin Amariei / “That didn’t take long,” write people online, after environmental activists moved from deflating tires to scratching SUVs. Here’s what’s happening

 
Manifesto: Bring Spare Tires Back (Even If Temporary Ones) – or Give Us Airless Tires
Manifesto: Bring Spare Tires Back (Even If Temporary Ones) – or Give Us Airless Tires

31 Jul 2022, 19:56 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The excuses of reducing weight and lowering costs from the advocates of tire repair kits do not free you from the impotence feeling of having nothing to do.

 
Motorcycle Melts Down the Track Under Its Wheels As It Drags On 150°F Ground Temperature
Motorcycle Melts Down the Track Under Its Wheels As It Drags On 150°F Ground Temperature

31 Jul 2022, 15:50 UTC · By: Razvan Calin / A good burnout is the dragsters' preferred method of bringing the tires up to racing heat. Sometimes, high temperatures can turn the tables on the racer

 
Continental's New VanContact Ultra Van Summer Tire Boasts a Durable Design and Low Noise
Continental's New VanContact Ultra Van Summer Tire Boasts a Durable Design and Low Noise

28 Jun 2022, 10:59 UTC · By: Cristina Mircea / Continental rolled out its new VanContact Ultra van summer tire specially designed for craftsmen’s vehicles and delivery services

 
Continental's Tires Made With Recycled PET Bottles Are Now Available Throughout Europe
Continental's Tires Made With Recycled PET Bottles Are Now Available Throughout Europe

21 Jun 2022, 10:05 UTC · By: Cristina Mircea / Continental's innovative tires that use polyester yarn made from used PET bottles are now available to purchase throughout Europe

 
Continental's New Cutting Edge, Driverless Vehicle Claims to Redefine Tire Braking Tests
Continental's New Cutting Edge, Driverless Vehicle Claims to Redefine Tire Braking Tests

2 May 2022, 15:35 UTC · By: Cristina Mircea / Continental boasts of using one of the world's most advanced and accurate tire braking test methods thanks to its AVA, a cutting edge, electric test vehicle

 
Continental Rolls Out Its First Sustainable Tires Made From Recycled PET Bottles
Continental Rolls Out Its First Sustainable Tires Made From Recycled PET Bottles

6 Apr 2022, 07:53 UTC · By: Cristina Mircea / Continental launches its first tires produced with its ContiRe.Tex technology. They are made from polyester yarn obtained from recycled PET bottles

 
64 Heavy-Duty Continental Tires Help the World's Tallest Observation Wheel Turn Smoothly
64 Heavy-Duty Continental Tires Help the World's Tallest Observation Wheel Turn Smoothly

2 Apr 2022, 11:00 UTC · By: Cristina Mircea / The largest observation wheel in the world, located in Dubai, uses Continental heavy-duty tires to help it operate smoothly and steadily

 
The U.S. Government Is Investing in a Domestic Source of Natural Rubber
The U.S. Government Is Investing in a Domestic Source of Natural Rubber

1 Apr 2022, 07:23 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / Natural and sustainable rubber could be made in Central Arizona, thanks to this unusual plant, and the government is ready to back large-scale production

 
Hankook Unveils Its First Tires Designed Specifically for EVs, They Promise Longer Ranges
Hankook Unveils Its First Tires Designed Specifically for EVs, They Promise Longer Ranges

16 Mar 2022, 13:16 UTC · By: Cristina Mircea / Tire manufacturer Hankook unveils its first family of tires designed specifically for EVs. They are called iON and promise higher efficiency and lower noise

 
Michelin Takes Bibendum Out of Russia, Exports and Production Are Suspended – For Now
Michelin Takes Bibendum Out of Russia, Exports and Production Are Suspended – For Now

15 Mar 2022, 15:47 UTC · By: Florin Amariei / French tire manufacturer Michelin decided its entire activity in Russia will temporarily be suspended, and that includes the factory too. Here’s what’s what

 
Goodyear Sets the Pace in the Industry With 70% Sustainable-Material Tire
Goodyear Sets the Pace in the Industry With 70% Sustainable-Material Tire

6 Jan 2022, 11:13 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / The demonstration tire is an industry first, setting Goodyear on the right track to meeting the 100% sustainability goal for tire production by 2030

 
Chinese Government Pressures Continental to Cut Ties With Lithuania Over Taiwan
Chinese Government Pressures Continental to Cut Ties With Lithuania Over Taiwan

17 Dec 2021, 20:24 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / The latest report from Reuters details how the German auto parts supplier Continental has seen pressure from the Chinese Government

 
Fully Charged Shows Why You Are Not Saving the World By Driving an EV
Fully Charged Shows Why You Are Not Saving the World By Driving an EV

28 Nov 2021, 23:18 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Although electric cars are much cleaner than combustion-engined vehicles, they also produce a hazardous sort of pollution: particulates

 
Fresnel Lens Plus Sunlight Equals Destroyed Car Tire, iPhone, and Penny
Fresnel Lens Plus Sunlight Equals Destroyed Car Tire, iPhone, and Penny

17 Sep 2021, 13:22 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / If you focus the sunlight onto a car's sidewall with a Fresnel lens, you'll soon have to fit a spare or switch to Michelin's airless Uptis tires

 
GreenConcept Tire Claims to Be 40 Percent Lighter and Made of Rubber From Dandelions
GreenConcept Tire Claims to Be 40 Percent Lighter and Made of Rubber From Dandelions

7 Sep 2021, 06:59 UTC · By: Cristina Mircea / Continental introduces the Conti GreenConcept tire, an innovative concept that uses renewable materials and promises a reduction of 40 percent in weight.

 
Pirelli Introduces Tires Dedicated to EVs, Lucid Air the First Car to Sport Them
Pirelli Introduces Tires Dedicated to EVs, Lucid Air the First Car to Sport Them

20 Jul 2021, 11:54 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / Luxury tires for a luxury electric sedan? Pirelli developed all-new, high-performance tires together with Lucid, for the future powerful EV.