• Twitter
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Subscribe
  • Free Newsletter
  • My Account
Tyrepress
  • 0Shopping Cart
  • NewsNews
    • Latest News
    • Company News
    • UK News
    • Product News
    • International News
    • Retreading
    • Career Tracks
    • Motorsport
    • Video
    • Tyrepress Videos
  • Data
    • Leading Tyre Manufacturers
    • Leading Retailers (UK)
    • Social Media Ranking
    • Online Branding
    • Brand Finance rankings
    • Blue Light Fleet Analysis
    • Astutus Research analysis
    • Beyond Covid-19 Tire Market Forecasts
  • Features
    • Goodyear to buy Cooper – special supplement
    • TPMS and Sensor Technology 2021
    • Tyre Industry Conference 2020
    • Online Tyre Business 2020
    • Kick-starting your business webinar May 2020
  • Business Directory
    • Browse Entries
    • List Your Company on the Business Directory
  • Jobs
    • Situations vacant
    • Career Tracks
  • Classifieds
  • Magazine
    • Latest Issue
    • Read Tyres & Accessories Magazine online
    • Tyres & Accessories Magazine Archive
  • Shop
    • Subscription Shop
    • Report Shop
    • Directory Shop
  • About
    • Company Profile
    • Media Information
    • Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
    • Legal
    • Contact Us
  • Search
  • Menu
You are here: Home1 / fuel consumption

Posts

UK motorists wasting as much as £1 billion a year due to wrong tyre pressures

UK News

TyreSafe has warned that Britain’s motorists are paying over £600 million a year in unnecessary fuel bills by driving with underinflated tyres.

Read more

Related news:

  1. TyreSafe asks: Are you having a Good or Bad Air Day?
  2. PCL reminds drivers about correctly inflated tyres
  3. TyreSafe Australia granted regional PressurePro distribution
  4. Stuart Jackson re-elected TyreSafe chairman
22nd July 2019/by Chris

Cenex names new head of transport

Career Tracks, UK News

Cenex has appointed Steve Carroll as Head of Transport. As Head of Transport, Carroll will be responsible for carrying out Cenex’s large-scale vehicle trials; developing new relationships with technology innovators, local governments and end users; and helping fleet owners and local authorities realise the value of investing in low carbon vehicle technology.

Read more

Related news:

  1. Kwik-Fit names Andy Fern as new fleet sales director
  2. Arthur Gregg new Bandvulc MD
  3. Tony Stapleton appointed head of fleet sales, Continental UK and Eire
  4. Richard Tawlks named as TruckForce equity business manager
16th November 2016/by Tyrepress Editors

Bridgestone researchers claim to have reduced tyre wear by 60%

International News

Bridgestone recently gave a presentation to the Japanese Cabinet Office on the subject of its “ImPACT” resource saving, strength increasing tyre polymer research project conduction in association with Tokyo University. The project, which seeks to bring government, industry and academia together are to: developing high-strength materials, making each component thinner and lighter; and to improve fuel economy and save resources through weight saving and increased durability as well as reduced fuel consumption. Initial results suggest the scientists “succeeded in the development of materials that [offer]…a 60 per cent reduction in wear rate.”

Read more

Related news:

  1. Iran Designs Nano Tyres
  2. How excessive tyre pressure can deflate share price
  3. Almost 5,000 enter Valeo Innovation Challenge
  4. Wurst joins Triangle Tire USA as senior development engineer
7th November 2016/by Tyrepress Editors

Fuel consumption tests – Mitsubishi managers resign

Company News

As atonement for the “tremendous trouble and concern” caused to customers and stakeholders a result its improper fuel consumption test reporting, Mitsubishi Motors Corporation has announced the resignation of company president and chief operating officer Tetsuro Aikawa and that of executive vice-president Ryugo Nakao. Their resignations will take effect on 24 June, the day of Mitsubishi’s ordinary shareholders meeting.

Read more

Related news:

  1. How excessive tyre pressure can deflate share price
  2. Yokohama Lifts Export Market Prices
  3. PlusStop – Bridgestone’s enhanced bus stop solution
  4. Bridgestone pausing production at 11 Japanese facilities
19th May 2016/by Tyrepress Editors

How excessive tyre pressure can deflate share price

Company News, International News, Premium

A simple “trick” – or perhaps we should say “cheating” or “fraud” – has been common practice in the European automotive industry, to the displeasure of environmental organisations: Place a car with excessive tyre pressure on a dynamometer and – voilà – lower fuel consumption levels and emissions are recorded thanks to the ‘optimised’ rolling resistance. Mitsubishi has conceded carrying out this practice in Japan with test data submitted to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. This time round it doesn’t affect, as in the case of Volkswagen and its ‘cheat’ software, millions of vehicles, rather ‘only’ 625,000 small cars, the majority of these off-take production for Nissan.

The rest of this article is for subscribers only:
Log inSubscribe

Related news:

  1. New Falken tyres, technologies introduce brand’s next generation in Europe
  2. Suzuki reports emissions and fuel testing “discrepancies”, denies cheating
  3. The clock is ticking for combustion engines and conventional tyres
  4. Bigger data, bigger voice
21st April 2016/by Tyrepress Editors

On-road test: Fuel efficient tyres make ‘economic and environmental sense’

Product News

The average difference in fuel consumption gained by fitting tyres with a ‘B’ EU tyre label fuel efficiency rating instead of ‘F’ rated tyres is around 4.1 per cent, suggests a test carried out in Germany. The six-vehicle test was jointly conducted by Chemical manufacturer Lanxess and energy provider RheinEnergie as part of a project run together by RheinEnergy and the City of Cologne over the last few years.

Read more

Related news:

  1. Lanxess: “Green Tyres” save truck drivers save truck drivers 8.5 per cent on fuel
  2. 93% consumers don’t require tyre labelling info
  3. NTDA/Lanxess report: More budget tyres sold post labelling
  4. EU model used for Chinese green tyre specification
22nd April 2015/by Tyrepress Editors

Incorrect tyre pressure is costly and may be dangerous, reminds Goodyear

Product News

Goodyear has reminded motorists that a tyre’s good label performance only apply when it operates at the correct air pressure. While more than 80 per cent of the company’s EfficientGrip Performance received an ‘A’ rating for wet braking and ‘B’ for rolling resistance, this result would look very different when inflation levels are too low. And then there’s the matter of safety….

Read more

Related news:

  1. Hi-Q: preparing to take its rightful place
  2. New BMW to fit Goodyear Runflats
  3. Goodyear and Dunlop to Launch New Products at IAA Show
  4. Goodyear Dunlop Appoints Trade Marketing Agency
27th March 2014/by Tyrepress Editors

TVS Srichakra launches Tigertrac agri range

Product News

Indian off-road tyre manufacturer TVS Srichakra has unveiled its latest TVS Eurogrip tyre at the Agritechnica show. The Tigertrac is a newly-developed range of agricultural radials suited intended for both farm and on-road use.

Read more

Related news:

  1. Continental Temic holds key to lower emissions
  2. Tyre Consumers to Become More ‘Label Conscious’
  3. Kraiburg Launches 70 and 80 Series All-Season Treads
  4. Designed to ‘solve a conflict’ – Mitas’ Continental CHO tyre
15th November 2013/by Tyrepress Editors

Cappoquin selects Bridgestone

News

Bridgestone Ireland has gained a new fleet to be supported by the company’s Truck Point network. Cappoquin Transport Ltd, based in Cappoquin, Co Waterford, offers nationwide delivery service.

Read more

Related news:

  1. Bridgestone: Tyre management key to reducing fleet operating costs
  2. Survey: Small car, van and truck fleets as smart as larger fleets when it comes to fuel
  3. Michelin asks tyre chains how they’ll deal with TPMS
  4. Bridgestone OE on Ferrari F12berlinetta
16th January 2013/by Tyrepress Editors

Mileage falls as fuel costs rise

News

Nearly 14 million UK motorists have pledged to drive more economically as a direct result of high fuel costs, according to recent research from Green Flag breakdown service, which polled over 2,000 motorists.

Read more

Related news:

  1. Illegal Tyres on the Rise – Micheldever
  2. Millions ‘Thrown Away’ On Under-Inflated Tyres, says Michelin
  3. Turn on the air con and save fuel, says Kwik Fit
  4. Rail fare rise sparks debate
28th August 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Michelin OE for latest Bailey caravan range

News

Bristol-based caravan manufacturer Bailey has decided upon a 100 per cent Michelin fitment policy for its new Unicorn caravan range, which will be available in retailers from September 2012 onwards. The two tyres fitted as standard equipment to the caravans are the 185/65 R 14 Energy Saver+ and the 185 R 14 Agilis. In a press release announcing the supply arrangement, Michelin notes that “despite being more expensive than the previous brand, the company believes that a premium caravan should be fitted with a premium brand of tyres.”

Read more

Related news:

  1. Michelin Appoints Seal Communication to UK/Ireland PR Role
  2. New Holland Chooses AirBoss Tyres
  3. Bridgestone ‘RRR’ Tyres OE on Airbus A350 XWB
  4. Michelin Fill Up with Air Campaign “Helps Nearly 5,000” Reduce Emissions
6th August 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Vauxhall Ampera wins alternative Monte Carlo Rally

News

After winning the "Car of the Year 2012" award, the Vauxhall/Opel Ampera has now also won the 13th International Monte Carlo Rally for electric and alternative propulsion cars.

Four Amperas ranked among the top 10 vehicles. The French duo Bernard Darniche and Joseph Lambert managed to beat the entire competitive field. On Sunday, the final day of the contest, the revolutionary electric vehicle reached the finish line in the capital of the Côte d'Azur principality.

Read more

Related news:

  1. Bridgestone ‘RRR’ Tyres OE on Airbus A350 XWB
  2. Alcoa Wheels on Green Coca-Cola Truck
  3. Varta Launches Aftermarket Start-Stop Battery Range
  4. Michelin OE for latest Bailey caravan range
27th March 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Michelin presenting Ultraflex tyres at SIMA 2011

News

Serge Lafon, Michelin’s executive director of Agricultural Tyres World says that the company’s SIMA 2011 line-up provides “tangible proof of Michelin’s strategic commitment to enhancing the productivity of farmers and farming companies and boosting their bottom line.” The stand is presenting the CerexBib for harvesters, the SprayBib for row-crop sprayers and the AxioBib in a new size – IF900/60R42 – the market’s only 2.15-metre flotation tyre with “Improved Flexion”. Michelin says its tyres deliver “enhanced soil protection, considerably lower fuel consumption and greater longevity”, helping farms to be more profitable.

Read more

Related news:

  1. Michelin Launches Ag Tyre Spec Service at Lamma
  2. Downtime Costs “Disappear” With Michelin Policy: Fleet Operator
  3. Michelin Reported to be in F1 Talks
  4. Michelin CerexBib Designed for Heavy Loads from Modern Harvesters
22nd February 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Varta Launches Aftermarket Start-Stop Battery Range

News

From 2012, the EU requires maximum vehicle CO2 emissions levels to be reduced to 130 g/km across Europe. Start-stop technology, also known as micro hybrid technology, is a key part of vehicle manufacturers’ efforts to meet this target. Interest in start-stop has already skyrocketed, and forecasts indicate that 70 per cent of all vehicles produced in Europe by 2015 will feature this technology. Under its Varta brand, Johnson Controls Power Solutions EMEA has developed AGM and EFB batteries it says can meet the demands of this technology, and its Varta Start-Stop Plus and Start-Stop batteries are now ready to be launched to the aftermarket.

Read more

Related news:

  1. Banner Supplies BMW with AGM Batteries for Hybrid Project
  2. Technology Enhancement for Exide Batteries
  3. Varta and Manbat: preparing for a Start-Stop future
  4. Nexen Q1 results
9th August 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Kraiburg Launches 70 and 80 Series All-Season Treads

Retreading

Kraiburg Austria has launched two new treads – the K222 and KST2. Following the company’s K74 development, reportedly the first design with sufficient traction properties for the 60 series, Kraiburg has now designed an all-season tread for 70 and 80 series casings. Suitable for trucks and buses, the new all-season design is said to be able to offer extra grip in winter without comprimsing on wear or increasing rolling noise or fuel consumption. According to the company, this makes the K222 or KST2 “ideal for all applications in which the annual mileage is approximately the same as the running performance of the drive axle.”

Read more

Related news:

  1. Five New Treads from Kraiburg
  2. Tyre Consumers to Become More ‘Label Conscious’
  3. Dunlop introduces latest winter tyre for smaller cars
  4. Enjoy offers trio of Rotalla winter patterns
3rd November 2009/by Tyrepress Editors
Page 1 of 3123
© 2020 - Tyrepress
  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • WhatTyre
  • Reifenpresse
  • PneusNews
Scroll to top