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The UK’s Trading Standards body found that 94% of part-worn retailers were selling tires illegally, and 63% of the tires were unsafe to return to the roads.
Check out what’s new with light-, medium-, and heavy-duty commercial truck tires and what fleet trends are driving these tire-related trends.
The Fleetcare Go Plan includes premium Bridgestone tires, vehicle maintenance and intelligent interface powered by Webfleet telematics, providing fleet managers access to optional telematics functionalities.
In an effort to foster clean mobility, the two companies signed a MoU to collaborate on R&D for tire technologies over the next three years.
Many tire OEMs have increased prices in CY-2021, ranging from 3-10% depending on type of tire and size. Higher commodity prices and increased ocean freight rates are being passed on to end users as OE profit margins compress.
Tire designs for electric trucks will need to account for greater stresses from weight and torque — but they will need to remain interchangeable with existing tires and be retreadable.
The Royal Mail postal delivery service is undertaking a trial of emission reducing tires to evaluate their impact on the environment. The trial, lasting between six to nine months, involves 15 electric vans driving on tires specifically designed to help reduce particulate matter emissions, increasingly fingered - along with brake dust residue - as a source of vehicle pollution.
What happens if an autonomous truck gets a flat tire? Kodiak and Bridgestone are working together to use technology to help keep that from being a problem.
The tablet features a 5.5-inch color display and Bluetooth vehicle communication interface (VCI).
The City of Madison, Wisconsin, fleet also relies on hybrid-electric vehicles, electric vehicles, solar charging, anti-idling technology, and soy tires.
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